Desktop Commander MCP
Overview
MCP server that lets AI run terminal commands, manage processes, and search/edit files (diff-based) with Excel/PDF support and audit logs.
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Desktop Commander MCP is an open-source Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that gives AI clients controlled access to your local development environment. It enables running terminal commands with streaming output and interactive process/session management, plus full filesystem operations like reading/writing files, creating directories, and recursive search. It includes diff-based “surgical” edits and pattern-based replacements, powered by ripgrep for fast repo-wide search. The tool also adds native Excel support (read/write/edit/search) and PDF tooling (extract text, create PDFs from markdown, and modify PDFs), along with comprehensive audit logging of tool calls for traceability.
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Some of the use cases of Desktop Commander MCP:
- Running long-running terminal workflows through an AI chat, with output streaming and session/process control.
- Searching, updating, and refactoring codebases using ripgrep-powered search and diff-based file edits.
- Working with local files safely: read/write/move/list directories and inspect file metadata via MCP tools.
- Automating document/data tasks like Excel editing and PDF reading/creation/modification within the same toolset.
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