Desktop Commander MCP

An open-source MCP server that provides AI agents with terminal control, file system search, and diff file editing capabilities. It supports features like moving files, searching content including Excel, reading file metadata, surgical text replacements, full file rewrites, and recursive code search. It includes safety guardrails such as symlink traversal prevention and command blocklists.

Package and access

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Community listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by wonderwhy-er

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What you can do with it

Execute terminal commands
Search files and content recursively
Edit files with surgical text replacements
Manage file operations like moving directories

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.3.1

mcp-registry: io.github.wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander@0.3.1 Source repository

Maintenance checked: Oct 31, 2026, 10:59 PM UTC

Packages and installation

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@wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander 0.3.1

npm

@wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander package definition

{
  "version": "0.3.1",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "@wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander",
  "registryType": "npm",
  "registryBaseUrl": "https://registry.npmjs.org"
}

Tools

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "desktop-commander-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander@0.3.1"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "desktop-commander-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander@0.3.1"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "desktop-commander-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander@0.3.1"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "desktop-commander-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander@0.3.1"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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