DesktopCommanderMCP

wonderwhy-er/DesktopCommanderMCP is an open-source project by wonderwhy-er: This is MCP server for Claude that gives it terminal control, file system search and diff file editing capabilities. Indexed here so it can be found — not resold.

It is free. Get it from the upstream repository: https://github.com/wonderwhy-er/DesktopCommanderMCP

From the project's own README (excerpt, reproduced for discovery under its MIT license):

Desktop Commander MCP Search, update, manage files and run terminal commands with AI

Work with code and text, run processes, and automate tasks, going far beyond other AI editors - while using host client subscriptions instead of API token costs.

Table of Contents • Features • How to install • Getting Started • Usage • File Preview UI & Markdown Editor • Handling Long-Running Commands • Work in Progress and TODOs • Sponsors and Supporters • Website • Media • Testimonials • Frequently Asked Questions • Contributing • License

All of your AI development tools in one place. Desktop Commander puts all dev tools in one chat. Execute long-running terminal commands on your computer and manage processes through Model Context Protocol (MCP). Built on top of MCP Filesystem Server to provide additional search and replace file editing capabilities.

Features • 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 • Native Excel file support - Read, write, edit, and search Excel files (.xlsx, .xls, .xlsm) without external tools • PDF support - Read PDFs with text extraction, create new PDFs from markdown, modify existing PDFs • DOCX support - Read, create, edit, and search Word documents (.docx) with surgical XML editing and markdown-to-DOCX conversion • Interact with running processes (SSH, databases, development servers) • Execute terminal…