wonderwhy-er / DesktopCommanderMCP
This is MCP server for Claude that gives it terminal control, file system search and diff file editing capabilities
Why this job: name: mcp; says: mcp server; topics: mcp
What it does
- Remote AI Control. Use Desktop Commander from ChatGPT, Claude web, and other AI services via Remote MCP
- File Preview UI. Visual file previews in Claude Desktop with rendered markdown, inline images, expandable content, built-in markdown editor, and quick "Open in folder" access
- Enhanced terminal commands with interactive process control
- Execute code in memory (Python, Node.js, R) without saving files
- Instant data analysis. just ask to analyze CSV/JSON/Excel files
Get started
git clone https://github.com/wonderwhy-er/DesktopCommanderMCP.git
cd DesktopCommanderMCP
npm run setup - Maintenance
- Active
- Last commit 3 days ago
- Stars
- 10,262
- +68 this week
- Licence
- MIT
- Allows business use
- Downloads for
- None listed
- No release files
- Latest version
- v0.3.1
- Released 18 days ago
- Built with
- JavaScript
- 63% of the code
Is it looked after?
- Contributors
- 3
- Last 90 days
- Issues
- 50% closed
- 214 still open
- Pull requests
- 318 merged
- 127 waiting
- Releases
- 43
- 19 in the last year
- No contributing guide
- Security policy (opens in new tab)
- No code of conduct
More: languages, topics and project record
Languages
- JavaScript 63%
- TypeScript 33%
- PowerShell 2%
- Shell 1%
Topics
- agent
- ai
- code-analysis
- code-generation
- gemini-cli-extension
- mcp
- terminal-ai
- terminal-automation
- vibe-coding
Project record
- JobMCP servers
- StatusListed
- Commits1,216
- Forks1,281
- Watching93
- Stars in 28 days+305
- CreatedDec 4, 2024
- First seen by usNov 7, 2026
- CheckedNov 7, 2026