Desktop Commander

local MCP server

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add desktop-commander -- npx -y @wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients

Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.

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

Summary

MCP server for terminal commands, file operations, and process management

Questions

Desktop Commander is a local MCP server distributed as the npm package @wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander.

Run: claude mcp add desktop-commander -- npx -y @wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander

Run: codex mcp add desktop-commander -- npx -y @wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander

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