desktop-commander
MCP server for terminal commands, process management, and file operations across text, code, PDF, DOCX, Excel, images, and structured data.
Install
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- Category
- Productivity
- Author
- Desktop Commander
- Website
- desktopcommander.app
Good for
- Run long-running terminal commands and list or kill processes
- Read, write and search Excel, PDF and DOCX files
- Ask Claude to analyze CSV, JSON or Excel data directly
- Make surgical text replacements and search code across folders
Getting started
- Run /plugin install desktop-commander@claude-plugins-official
- Ask Claude to run commands, search files or analyze a data file
- Use get_recent_tool_calls to review recent tool calls when needed
Before you install
Its safety guardrails are not a sandbox; use the Docker install for full isolation. Tool calls and arguments are logged locally.
Summarized by AI from the project docs; check the official docs before relying on it.
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Source anthropics/claude-plugins-official · Updated Oct 11, 2026 · All rights belong to the original creators