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Files & Storage MCP Servers

Servers that read and write files, whether on the local disk or in object storage and sync services. The directory lists 110 in this category, of which 37 are hosted remote servers needing no local install. Ranking below reflects maintenance, documentation, install experience and adoption — never payment.

Highest scoring (12)

  1. PDF Reader MCP

    Community39/100909

    Evidence-first PDF MCP. Agent Document Twin with citeable page+bbox evidence.

    MITstdioupdated 9d ago

  2. pdf mcp

    Community83/100125

    Production-ready MCP server for PDF processing with intelligent caching.

    13 toolsMITstdioupdated 7d ago

  3. pdfmux

    Community39/10082

    PDF-to-Markdown extraction that audits its own output and flags any extractor's silent drops.

    MITstdioupdated 26d ago

  4. DOMShell

    Community39/10052

    Drive Chrome with filesystem commands (ls, cd, grep, click, type). One MCP tool, multi-agent.

    MITstdioupdated 24d ago

  5. Fullbleed PDF Engine

    Community39/10042

    Create, preview, inspect, verify, and compile deterministic PDF documents with Fullbleed.

    MITstdioupdated 11d ago

  6. Safe Docx

    Community39/10040

    AI-native surgical editing of Word .docx and OpenDocument .odt files with formatting preservation

    Apache-2.0stdioupdated 11d ago

  7. Sick of stitched-together services? Anythink is the all-in-one backend, configured with AI.

    11 toolsMITstdioupdated 12d ago

  8. Filesystem MCP

    Community78/10014

    Secure filesystem MCP server for reading, writing, searching, diffing, and patching files.

    MITstdioupdated 12d ago

  9. DocSlicer

    Community39/10035

    Answer questions from documents too large to fit in context, reading only the sections you need.

    AGPL-3.0stdioupdated 20d ago

  10. filesystem context

    Community72/10014

    🔍 Read-only MCP server for secure filesystem exploration, searching, and analysis

    MITstdioupdated 12d ago

  11. Apple Files

    Community73/10012

    Inspect and manage local files and folders inside allowed roots on macOS.

    2 toolsMITstdioupdated 18d ago

  12. boxpdf

    Community39/10015

    Resource-only MCP server with docs and templates for the boxpdf TypeScript PDF layout library.

    MITstdioupdated 10d ago

  13. See also

More Files & Storage servers

Community

Write-capable PDF toolkit MCP: 22 tools to read, create, render, encrypt, merge & fill PDFs.

Jul 22, 2026File Systems
Local service75/1009

Octofs

muvon

Community

Standalone MCP filesystem tools server — view, edit, shell, workdir.

Aug 31, 2026File Systems
Local service39/10011
Community

Microsoft 365 OneDrive files via Graph: list, search, get, upload, download, share, read text.

Aug 26, 2026File Systems
Local service39/10010

files com

mcparmory

Community

Manage files, users, and automated workflows across cloud storage and protocols

May 12, 2026File Systems
Local service39/10030

DWG MCP Server

dimitrovakulenko

Community

Read-only DWG file access for AI clients through MCP.

Aug 28, 2026File Systems
Local service39/1008

quillpdf mcp

PurpleDirective

Community15

Local-first PDF tools (merge, split, rotate, watermark, Bates, metadata) as MCP server + CLI.

Aug 11, 2026File Systems
Local service77/1001

File AI

flyfish-dev

Community5

Agent-ready local document context with stable anchors.

Jun 24, 2026File Systems
Local service75/1003

Filesystem

domdomegg

Community1

Read, create, and edit files.

Aug 11, 2026File Systems
Local service59/1003
Community

Filesystem MCP server: files, processes, sessions, async search, OCR, archives, safe delete.

Aug 30, 2026File Systems
Local service39/1004
Community

43 tools for filesystem, process management, sessions, search, OCR, ZIP, and PDF export.

Aug 30, 2026File Systems
Local service39/1004

masv

getmasv

Community

Provides tools to use MASV API. MASV is reliable and secure large file transfer service.

Aug 12, 2026File Systems
Local service39/1005

Carbone MCP

carboneio

Community

Generate PDF/DOCX/XLSX/PPTX from templates+JSON. Convert Office/HTML/MD to PDF. Universal templating

Aug 19, 2026File Systems
Remote service39/1004

Hosted Files & Storage servers

These run on the provider’s infrastructure — you connect by URL, with nothing to install locally.

puter

HeyPuter

Community

Puter MCP enables AI tools to interact with Puter: manage files, websites, workers, and more

Aug 31, 2026File Systems
Remote service39/10043k

KDAN PDF

KDAN-PDF

Community

Upload, edit, compress, protect, redact, and compare PDFs with KDAN PDF in Claude and ChatGPT.

Aug 18, 2026File Systems
Remote service39/10057

Presio

benedict-armstrong

Community

Present PDFs from the browser: upload to start a slideshow or validate Presio sidecars. No auth.

Aug 29, 2026File Systems
Remote service39/10022
Community7

1,000+ conversion routes plus translate, extract tables, compress. 25 free/month, then a free key.

Aug 24, 2026File Systems
Remote service75/1005
Community10

Generate, edit, and export AI presentations to PDF, PPTX, or a shareable link.

Apr 23, 2026File Systems
Remote service74/1005

coresignal

Coresignal-com

Community5

Fresh company, employee, and jobs records in real time.

Aug 7, 2026File Systems
Remote service71/1002

Questions about Files & Storage MCP servers

How many Files & Storage MCP servers are there?
This directory currently lists 110 MCP servers in the Files & Storage category. The count changes as new servers are published to the official MCP registry, which is re-read daily.
How is the ranking on this page decided?
Order reflects a computed score combining maintenance (commit recency, release cadence, whether the repository is archived), documentation depth, licence and ownership verification, the number of tools exposed, and how many clients have a documented install path. Sponsorship has no effect on it: paid placements appear in separately labelled slots and never inside the ranked list.
Can I use Files & Storage MCP servers without installing anything?
Yes — 37 of the Files & Storage servers listed here are remote servers. They run on the provider's infrastructure and you connect over HTTP with a URL, so there is no local runtime to manage. The trade-off is that your requests and any credentials pass through a third party.
Which clients can I use these with?
Every entry carries install instructions for the clients we can generate a verified command for, including Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Codex CLI, Windsurf, Cline, Gemini CLI, Copilot CLI, Zed and Goose. Where a client's syntax cannot be confirmed, no snippet is shown rather than a guessed one.