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Desktop Commander MCP Server

This is MCP server for Claude that gives it terminal control, file system search and diff file editing capabilities

Install

npx -y @wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander@latest

Example config (Cursor / Claude Desktop)

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

VS Code uses "servers" instead of "mcpServers" (why). On Windows, wrap npx with cmd /c (fix).

At a glance

Repository	wonderwhy-er/DesktopCommanderMCP
GitHub stars	10,064
Last commit	2026-10-14 (1 days ago)
Status	maintained
Clients mentioned in README	Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Cline, Codex, Gemini CLI
Auth	OAuth
Language / License	JavaScript / MIT

Common problems

MCP servers fail on Windows with npx (use cmd /c)