Provides access to the local file system, enabling listing, reading, and modifying files in user-specified directories.
This Model Context Protocol(MCP) server enables Large Language Models (LLMs) to list, read and modify files from the filesystem.
Use the following command to start the server with access to specific paths.
Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json or server_config.json file:
Using native image, the startup time is almost instant.
You can download the native images from the release page.
Then use the executable for your platform in your MCP client.
Example for MacOS arm64 (M1, M2, etc.):
You can of course also rename the executable to something else, like mcp-server-filesystem if you want.
jbang not found
jbang installed and available in your PATH/Users/username/.jbang/jbang)Get more logging
To get more detailed logging you can add the following parameters to the jbang command line:
Example:
The MCP server uses Quarkus, the Supersonic Subatomic Java Framework and its Model Context Protocol support.
If you want to learn more about Quarkus MCP Server support, please see this blog post and the Quarkus MCP Server extension documentation.
To launch the server it uses jbang to
setup Java and run the .jar as transparent as possible. Very similar to how uvx, pipx, npmx and others works; just for Java.
This server cannot be installed
local-only server
The server can only run on the client's local machine because it depends on local resources.
browse, list and edit filesystem. Implemented in Java/Quarkus with native image (Fast!) available