Desktop Commander

What you can do with Desktop Commander

Desktop Commander is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server published by wonderwhy-er. It ranks #46 of 144,396 active servers on MCP Toplist, and its repository has 10,015 GitHub stars. Desktop Commander is listed across 2 registries — Official MCP and Glama, with 36 tracked versions. It was first listed on Mar 9, 2025 and most recently updated on Oct 13, 2026.

What Desktop Commander can and cannot do

Not verifiedMCP Toplist has not catalogued this server's tools or limitations. The repository README lists them.

What you need before using Desktop Commander

No runtime, credential or payment requirements are recorded for this server beyond the declaration above.

Connect Desktop Commander and confirm it works

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

[mcp_servers.desktop-commander]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander"]

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

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

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

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

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

When to choose another server

• Desktop Commander#1,142
• Desktop Commander MCP#1,165

No task-specific alternatives are catalogued for Desktop Commanderyet; the list above is its publisher's other servers.

What changed, and when this was checked

First listed

Mar 9, 2025

Latest version published

Oct 13, 2026

Version history

36 versions tracked (below)

Requirements evidence

Declared by the Official MCP Registry, last synced Oct 16, 2026. Not independently verified by MCP Toplist.

Profile checked

Not yet — purpose, capabilities and requirements above come from registry data only

Ranking data as of

Oct 13, 2026

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