rust-mcp-stack/rust-mcp-filesystem

Rust MCP Filesystem is a blazingly fast, asynchronous, and lightweight MCP (Model Context Protocol) server designed for efficient handling of various filesystem operations.
This project is a pure Rust rewrite of the JavaScript-based @modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem, offering enhanced capabilities, improved performance, and a robust feature set tailored for modern filesystem interactions.
📝 Refer to the project documentation for installation and configuration instructions.
⭐️ It is also available on Docker Hub’s MCP Registry at: https://hub.docker.com/mcp/server/rust-mcp-filesystem
Features
- **⚡ High Performance**: Built in Rust for speed and efficiency, leveraging asynchronous I/O to handle filesystem operations seamlessly.
- **🔒 Read-Only by Default**: Starts with no write access, ensuring safety until explicitly configured otherwise.
- **🔍 Advanced Glob Search**: Supports full glob pattern matching allowing precise filtering of files and directories using standard glob syntax.For example, patterns like *.rs, src/**/*.txt, and logs/error-???.log are valid and can be used to match specific file types, recursive directory searches, or patterned filenames.
- **🔄 MCP Roots support**: enabling clients to dynamically modify the list of allowed directories (disabled by default).
- **📦 ZIP Archive Support**: Tools to create ZIP archives from files or directories and extract ZIP files with ease.
- **🪶 Lightweight**: Standalone with no external dependencies (e.g., no Node.js, Python etc required), compiled to a single binary with a minimal resource footprint, ideal for both lightweight and extensive deployment scenarios.
- **🎛️ Tool Disabling**: Disable specific tools to limit functionality and reduce the number of available tools, helping to save tokens.
👉 Refer to capabilities for a full list of tools and other capabilities.
🔧 Installation & Configuration
For detailed setup instructions, please visit the project documentation.
Quick installation guide
- **Shell script**
- **PowerShell script**
- **Homebrew**
**Cargo**
- **NPM**
> The npm package is provided for convenience. It runs the same underlying Rust binary but can be installed and used as a standard npm package.
- **Docker**
https://hub.docker.com/mcp/server/rust-mcp-filesystem
- **Download Binaries**
https://github.com/rust-mcp-stack/rust-mcp-filesystem/releases/tag/v0.4.5
Purpose
This project aims to provide a reliable, secure, and feature-rich MCP server for filesystem management, reimagining the capabilities of @modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem in a more performant and type-safe language. Whether you’re building tools for file exploration, automation, or system integration, rust-mcp-filesystem offers a solid foundation.