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Desktop Commander

  • 9.2k repo stars
  • Updated August 4, 2026
  • wonderwhy-er/DesktopCommanderMCP

For development and infrastructure management.

About

desktop-commander is an AI coding tool that enhances development workflows. Developers use it for infrastructure, integration, and platform development within the catalog ecosystem.

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Desktop Commander by the numbers

  • Data as of Aug 5, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
/plugin marketplace add wonderwhy-er/DesktopCommanderMCP
/plugin install desktop-commander@desktop-commander

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repo stars9.2k
Last updatedAugust 4, 2026
Repositorywonderwhy-er/DesktopCommanderMCP

What it does

For development and infrastructure management.

README.md

Desktop Commander Claude Code Plugin

Desktop Commander gives Claude Code access to a local MCP server for terminal sessions, filesystem work, structured documents, search, process management, and SSH workflows.

Components

  • Skill: desktop-commander-overview, available as /desktop-commander:desktop-commander-overview, explains when to use Desktop Commander MCP tools and how common workflows compose.
  • MCP server: desktop-commander, installed with npx -y @wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander@latest.

Usage

Install the plugin in Claude Code, then ask Claude to use Desktop Commander when it needs persistent shells, long-running processes, local file reads, Excel/DOCX/PDF handling, large CSV analysis, or remote SSH sessions.

For full project documentation, see the repository README.

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