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wonderwhy-er/DesktopCommanderMCPPlugin
MCP server for terminal commands, process management, and file operations across text, code, PDF, DOCX, Excel, images, and structured data.
Why this score
Popularity score: 91/100 from public GitHub signals only. It shows how widely used and maintained this is, not how well it works. Not included yet: the fake-star check. The security scan is shown separately and doesn't change the score. How we rank
Security
Scanned Oct 22, 2026 at commit 75048278f486, with Cisco's open-source skill-scanner.
What its code does:
- Runs shell commands Common for dev tools. Read the commands it runs.skills/ai-tools-setup/references/hermes.md:2, skills/terminal/SKILL.md:1
A scan lists patterns in the code. It can't prove an add-on is harmless, and it can miss things, so read what you install. How we scan
Alternatives
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| Name | Score | Stars | Context | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This onedesktop-commander wonderwhy-er/DesktopCommanderMCP · Plugin | 91 | ★ 10k | not measured | today |
| incident-commander luongnv89/claude-howto · Subagent Both about commander | 82 | ★ 42k | ≈12 in chat | 16d ago |
| fable-commander DennisWei9898/fable-commander · Skill Both about commander | 56 | ★ 35 | ≈73 always | 4mo ago |
| Incident Response Commander GammaLabTechnologies/harmonist · Subagent Both about commander and process | 52 | ★ 2.3k | ≈62 in chat | 5mo ago |
| desktop-expert vitorpamplona/amethyst · Skill Both about desktop | 71 | ★ 1.6k | ≈75 always | 16d ago |
| claude-desktop-zh-localize javaht/claude-desktop-zh-cn · Skill Both about desktop | 88 | ★ 7.8k | ≈50 always | 17d ago |