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wonderwhy-er/DesktopCommanderMCP Installation Guide
How to install wonderwhy-er/DesktopCommanderMCP. Official project installation instructions and setup guide.
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Automated Install (Recommended)
Quick installation instructions for wonderwhy-er/DesktopCommanderMCP. This is the fastest way to complete project installation and setup.
Install via curl
curl -fsSL https://hexmos.com/ipm-install | bash &&
ipm i wonderwhy-er/DesktopCommanderMCPor
Install via npx
npx @hexmos/ipm i wonderwhy-er/DesktopCommanderMCPPrerequisites
Node.js
runtimeVersion: >=18.0.0
Claude Desktop
applicationDocker Desktop
applicationOptional
Manual Installation Methods
Manual installation instructions. How to install from GitHub source.
Install through npx (Recommended, Auto-Updates, Requires Node.js)
npx -y @wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander@latest setupUsing bash script installer (macOS, Auto-Updates, Installs Node.js if needed)
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wonderwhy-er/DesktopCommanderMCP/refs/heads/main/install.sh | bashInstalling via Smithery (Auto-Updates, Requires Node.js)
echo "Visit https://smithery.ai/server/@wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander, login, select client, and install with the provided key. Restart Claude Desktop."Add to claude_desktop_config manually (Auto-Updates, Requires Node.js)
echo "Add the following JSON configuration to your claude_desktop_config.json file: {
"mcpServers": {
"desktop-commander": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander@latest"
]
}
}
}
Restart Claude Desktop."Docker Installation (Auto-Updates, No Node.js Required)
bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wonderwhy-er/DesktopCommanderMCP/refs/heads/main/install-docker.sh)Docker Installation (Windows PowerShell, Auto-Updates, No Node.js Required)
iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wonderwhy-er/DesktopCommanderMCP/refs/heads/main/install-docker.ps1'))Checkout locally (Manual Updates, Requires Node.js)
git clone https://github.com/wonderwhy-er/DesktopCommanderMCP.git
cd DesktopCommanderMCP
npm run setupPost Installation Steps
- Restart Claude if running.
- Verify installation by asking Claude to perform a file operation or run a terminal command.
