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A toolkit for managing Claude desktop app extension configurations, enabling features like Brave search, file operations, Git/GitHub integration, shell access, web scraping, HTTP requests, AWS documentation search, and Obsidian note management.

Enables ChatGPT to access approved local Windows folders, run commands, control the desktop, and manage session history through a permission-bounded MCP server.

Enables file operations (PDF, Office, images, archives, media) through natural language, with tools for reading, writing, converting, and analyzing files locally.

A model context protocol server for Deepin Linux, providing system control, file management, web search, browser automation, and Git operations.

browse, list and edit filesystem. Implemented in Java/Quarkus with native image (Fast!) available

Provides fully local, privacy-preserving semantic search over file names and paths via MCP, using BGE embeddings for fuzzy matching and supporting incremental updates, watch mode, and a loopback-only HTTP server.

A read-only remote MCP server that searches and reads files from a personal Microsoft OneDrive folder via Cloudflare Workers, enabling live access without a local workstation or tunnel.

This server provides: * Fast file search capabilities using Everything SDK * Windows-specific implementation * Complements existing filesystem servers with specialized search functionality

Enables AI assistants to search local files on Windows using the Everything search engine, supporting basic and complex file searches with filters like date, size, media type, and document type.

Enables ChatGPT's web interface to operate a real Mac by executing shell commands and reading or writing files over a reverse SSH tunnel, without installing a client or consuming API quota.

A local-first MCP server that enables semantic search over PDF and DOCX documents using structure-aware parsing and vector storage. It allows users to query their local knowledge base through Claude Code without cloud dependencies or GPU requirements.

MCP server for full-text search across PDF document collections with offline indexing, ranked results, snippets, and page rendering.

Enables blazingly fast file and content searching in large codebases using ripgrep, with intelligent filtering, fuzzy finding, and directory tree visualization while respecting .gitignore and avoiding common bloat directories.

A collection of Model Context Protocol servers that enable Claude Desktop to provide development assistance capabilities with filesystem, Git, shell command, and web search functionality without incurring API usage costs.

A sophisticated MCP server providing powerful file search capabilities including single file search, recursive directory search, and file information retrieval.

A Model Context Protocol server that enables keyword search within files, returning matching lines with line numbers.

Integrates Everything Search with Claude Code for lightning-fast file searching across entire drives, up to 400x faster than traditional methods.

Enables fast file search on macOS using the native mdfind (Spotlight) command, with support for filtering, regex, sorting, and limiting results.

Integrates Everything file search with Claude Desktop, enabling instant Windows filesystem search via natural language queries.

Provides integration with Everything Search Engine allowing powerful file search capabilities through the Model Context Protocol with advanced search options like regex, case sensitivity, and sorting.