Fast Filesystem MCP
High-performance MCP server for secure filesystem operations. Optimised for large directories and bulk operations. 50 GitHub stars and 4 commits on main in the last 30 days.
“High-performance MCP server for secure filesystem operations. Optimised for large directories and bulk operations. 50 stars and 4 commits on main in the last 30 days.”
INSTALL THIS SERVER
{
"mcpServers": {
"fast-filesystem": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"fast-filesystem-mcp"
],
"env": {
"FAST_FS_ROOT": "/Users/me/projects"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"fast-filesystem": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"fast-filesystem-mcp"
],
"env": {
"FAST_FS_ROOT": "/Users/me/projects"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"fast-filesystem": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"fast-filesystem-mcp"
],
"env": {
"FAST_FS_ROOT": "/Users/me/projects"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"fast-filesystem": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"fast-filesystem-mcp"
],
"env": {
"FAST_FS_ROOT": "/Users/me/projects"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"fast-filesystem": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"fast-filesystem-mcp"
],
"env": {
"FAST_FS_ROOT": "/Users/me/projects"
}
}
}
}
6 TOOLS AVAILABLE
OUR ASSESSMENT
- Apache-2.0 license, 50 GitHub stars.
- 4 commits on main in the last 30 days.
- Streaming reads for large files.
- Bulk-copy tool for multi-file operations.
- FAST_FS_ROOT scopes filesystem access.
- Performance gains versus the reference filesystem MCP are noticeable on large repos but smaller on typical workspaces.
- Community-maintained; tool surface less stable than the Anthropic reference.
- 50 stars indicates moderate adoption.
Operator must set FAST_FS_ROOT to a directory boundary. Without it, the server can read any path. bulk_copy can clobber existing files; use a non-overlapping target directory for production agent flows.
Monorepos with thousands of files where reference filesystem MCPs lag; agents that bulk-copy or search across large directories; CI workflows that benefit from streaming reads on multi-MB files.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
ADOPTION METRICS
// Reading this50 stars on efforthye/fast-filesystem-mcp. 4 commits on main in the last 30 days.
// Reading thisPairs with filesystem (Anthropic reference), conduit-mcp, google-drive-mcp in filesystem category. Fast Filesystem covers high-volume workloads.
SOURCES & VERIFICATION
We don't take any single directory's word for it. Before scoring, we cross-reference 3 public MCP sources, install the server ourselves against the clients we cover, and record when we last re-verified.
The same server, 3 different lenses. We reconcile these signals into our editorial score, which is why our number sometimes diverges from a directory-aggregate star count.
| Source | Their rating | Their star count | Their downloads | Last synced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AutomationSwitch This page | 4editorial | 50 | — | MAY 6, 2026 |
| PulseMCP | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 6, 2026 |
| MCP.so | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 6, 2026 |
| Glama | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 6, 2026 |
// Counts are directory-reported; we don't adjust them. Discrepancies usually come from different snapshot times or star-caching.
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