mcp-shell and shell-mcp

These are competitors offering similar functionality—both provide MCP servers for secure shell command execution—with sonirico/mcp-shell being the more mature and adopted option based on its significantly higher star count.

mcp-shell

Established

shell-mcp

Experimental

Maintenance 10/25

Adoption 8/25

Maturity 15/25

Community 18/25

Maintenance 10/25

Adoption 2/25

Maturity 15/25

Community 0/25

Stars: 63

Forks: 16

Downloads: —

Commits (30d): 0

Language: Go

License: GPL-3.0

Stars: 2

Forks: —

Downloads: —

Commits (30d): 0

Language: Rust

License: MIT

No Package No Dependents

About mcp-shell

sonirico/mcp-shell

Give hands to AI. MCP server to run shell commands securely, auditably, and on demand.

This project allows developers to connect an AI agent to a controlled shell environment, enabling the AI to execute specific commands on a server. It takes commands from an AI tool and returns the execution results, while providing security configurations to limit what the AI can do. This is designed for AI developers or system administrators who integrate AI agents into their workflows and need to manage their interaction with the underlying system securely.

AI-agent-development AI-security system-automation LLM-tooling server-administration

About shell-mcp

zatevakhin/shell-mcp

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides secure shell command execution

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