What is the best files & memory MCP server?

By tashan's measured score, the highest-ranked are Memory, Filesystem, Preferences, Desktop Commander, Mempalace. the score combines upkeep and freshness, gated by real adoption — every input is public and linked to its source.

How many files & memory MCP servers are there?

tashan currently measures 67 capabilities in this category out of its full tracked corpus. The count moves as servers are published and as adoption changes.

How is the ranking calculated?

From public signal only: npm download volume and publish cadence, GitHub push/release recency, contributor count, registry status, and how often the server appears in real public agent configs. Nobody can pay to change a score, rank, or listing.

The Index · Files & Memory

Files & Memory MCP servers, plugins & skills, ranked

Filesystem access, memory, knowledge graphs. tashan measures 67 capabilities here. Ranked on upkeep, freshness and real adoption, every input public. How we measure ›

#	Capability	tashan	Evidence	Health
1	Memory npm ✓ Anthropic	96	152k/wk	active
2	Filesystem npm ✓ Anthropic thin	90	627k/wk	active
3	Preferences npm	87	123k/wk	active
4	Desktop Commander npm solid	83	39k/wk	active
5	Mempalace plugin solid	79	58k ★	active
6	Mem0 plugin solid	78	62k ★	active
7	Discourse npm	76	3k/wk	active
8	Brains npm	72	4k/wk	active
9	Reactor npm	71	4k/wk	active
10	Deeplake Hivemind plugin	70	2k ★	active
11	Respira WordPress npm	70	2k/wk	active
12	Memory · cerefox npm solid	69	1k/wk	active
13	Remember plugin deep	68	143 ★	active
14	Google Drive · mcp-z npm	65	892/wk	active
15	Lemonsqueezy npm	64	593/wk	active
16	Gogcli MCP Drive npm	63	709/wk	active
17	Gogcli MCP Sheets npm solid	62	519/wk	active
18	Skillsmith npm	60	383/wk	active
19	Docket npm	59	352/wk	active
20	Terminal Commander npm	59	350/wk	active
21	Fileditor npm	59	257/wk	active
22	Srift npm	59	253/wk	active
23	Kawacode npm solid	58	480/wk	active
24	Beepflow npm	58	214/wk	active
25	Bourdon npm	57	578/wk	active
26	Fimemory npm	57	503/wk	active
27	Molecare npm	57	434/wk	active
28	Watchgoose npm	56	231/wk	active
29	Braincloud MCP Helper npm thin	56	123/wk	active
30	Clio npm	54	122/wk	active
31	Daileyos npm	54	109/wk	active
32	Recall · @clauderecallhq npm	53	221/wk	active
33	Desktop Commander · tokor npm	53	101/wk	active
34	En16931 npm	50	101/wk	active
35	Jamgate npm thin	49	54/wk	active
36	Justdrop npm solid	48	144/wk	active
37	Epiphany npm solid	47	189/wk	active
38	Taibu npm	47	100/wk	active
39	Csdd npm	47	32/wk	active
40	Outlook · anasahmed07 plugin solid	46	10 ★	active
41	Google Drive · a1-x-tech npm	46	46/wk	active
42	Norn npm	45	66/wk	active
43	Gemini History Analyzer plugin	43	1 marketplaces	active
44	Proxmox npm	43	179/wk	active
45	Awesome Mineflayer npm deep	43	66/wk	active
46	Stdio Proxy npm	40	46/wk	active
47	Zerodha MCP Server Aks npm	40	30/wk	active
48	Drive · armoryworks npm solid	39	10/wk	active
49	Get Invoice Details plugin	39	1 marketplaces	active
50	Gorgias npm deep	39	766/wk	active
51	Proxy · synchronex npm	39	38/wk	active
52	Media npm	38	75/wk	active
53	Filesystem Organiser plugin	37	1 marketplaces	active
54	Uuaid npm	37	20/wk	active
55	Ara · aradotso plugin	36	0 ★	active
56	Specmem Hardwicksoftware npm	36	100/wk	abandoned
57	Dropwarp npm	36	27/wk	active
58	Gitbook npm	36	17/wk	active
59	Mempalace · smaugho plugin	35	0 ★	active
60	Che Dropbox Ignore plugin	35	1 marketplaces	active
61	Ctxai npm solid	35	11/wk	active
62	Logwork Helper npm	35	4/wk	active
·	Recall · Cain-Ish skill	not scored yet	5 repos	active
·	Help · MemPalace skill	not scored yet	4 repos	active
·	Recall · tstockham96 skill	not scored yet	4 repos	abandoned
·	Gdrive npm ✓ Anthropic deprecated	not scored yet	4k/wk	abandoned
·	Gemina FileTag remote	not scored yet	1 ★	abandoned

Recently changed in Files & Memory

70 changes recorded here in the last 45 days, newest and most serious first.

2026-08-05 Gdrive — @modelcontextprotocol/server-gdrive was marked deprecated on npm
2026-08-10 Proxmox — proxmox-mcp-server now reaches network
2026-08-11 Google Drive · mcp-z — @mcp-z/mcp-drive now reaches cloud
2026-08-11 Skillsmith — @skillsmith/cli now reaches filesystem

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17 of these are graded against their own documentation. The rest carry adoption and upkeep signal only. We publish what is measured and name what is not.

Head to head

The question people actually ask, answered with two measurements taken the same day by the same scorer.

Filesystem vs Memory Memory vs Preferences Memory vs Desktop Commander Discourse vs Memory Brains vs Memory Memory vs Reactor Memory vs Respira WordPress Filesystem vs Preferences Filesystem vs Desktop Commander Discourse vs Filesystem Brains vs Filesystem Filesystem vs Reactor

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