Desktop Commander
Desktop Commander is an MCP server that adds developer tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. MCP server for terminal commands, file operations, and process management. It has 10,127 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y @wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander.
github.com/wonderwhy-er/DesktopCommanderMCP (opens in a new tab)
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Install Desktop Commander
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Claude Desktop
{
"mcpServers": {
"desktop-commander": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander"
]
}
}
}Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.
Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport stdio desktop-commander -- npx -y @wonderwhy-er/desktop-commanderCursor
{
"mcpServers": {
"desktop-commander": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander"
]
}
}
}Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.
VS Code
{
"servers": {
"desktop-commander": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander"
]
}
}
}Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).
About Desktop Commander
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.
- agent
- ai
- code-analysis
- code-generation
- mcp
- terminal-ai
- terminal-automation
- vibe-coding
- gemini-cli-extension
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How do I install the Desktop Commander MCP server?
Add the command npx -y @wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.
Is Desktop Commander free?
The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.
Is Desktop Commander actively maintained?
The most recent commit was on Oct 24, 2026. The latest release is v0.3.1, published Oct 22, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.