Readonly Filesystem MCP Server

Provides read-only access to local files and directories.

Node.js server implementing Model Context Protocol (MCP) for readonly filesystem operations. A clone frommodelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem.

- Read multiple files simultaneously
- Input:paths(string[])
- Failed reads won't stop the entire operation

- List directory contents with [FILE] or [DIR] prefixes
- Input:path(string)

- Recursively search for files/directories
- Inputs:

- path(string): Starting directory
- pattern(string): Search pattern
- excludePatterns(string[]): Exclude any patterns. Glob formats are supported.

- Get detailed file/directory metadata
- Input:path(string)
- Returns:

- Size
- Creation time
- Modified time
- Access time
- Type (file/directory)
- Permissions

- List all directories the server is allowed to access
- No input required
- Returns:

- Directories that this server can read/write from

Add this to yourclaude_desktop_config.json:

Note: you can provide sandboxed directories to the server by mounting them to/projects. Adding theroflag will make the directory readonly by the server.

{ "mcpServers": { "filesystem": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "@danielsuguimoto/readonly-server-filesystem", "/Users/username/Desktop", "/path/to/other/allowed/dir" ] } } }

This MCP server is licensed under the MIT License. This means you are free to use, modify, and distribute the software, subject to the terms and conditions of the MIT License. For more details, please see the LICENSE file in the project repository.

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