Filesystem (Reference) vs filestack-claude-plugin
Filesystem (Reference) is an MCP server published by modelcontextprotocol. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). filestack-claude-plugin is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by filestack. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-14. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  Filesystem (Reference) |  filestack-claude-plugin |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:35fcf0217ca0 Forks (GitHub): 11 787 Pulls (Docker Hub): 289 574 Stars (Docker Hub): 28 Stars (GitHub): 91 222 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.3.0 Forks (GitHub): 4 Stars (GitHub): 4 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | Filesystem (Reference) | filestack-claude-plugin |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 91 222 (better) | 4 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 289 574 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 11 787 (better) | 4 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/filesystem) | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Not stated |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 11 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 2, secrets among them: 2 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 7 |
| Licence (differs) | NOASSERTION | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers | github.com/filestack/filestack-claude-plugin |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.
What each says it does
Filesystem (Reference)
Local filesystem access with configurable allowed paths.
filestack-claude-plugin
Filestack is a file handling platform-as-a-service used by thousands of applications for uploads, cloud source ingestion (Google Drive, Dropbox, Instagram, and 14 more), on-the-fly image/video/document processing via CDN, and policy-based security. This plugin brings the full Filestack platform into Claude Code through 10 MCP tools (upload, retrieve, delete, store URL, build and apply CDN transformations, list available transforms, generate security policies, sign policies, generate signed URLs), 3 context-aware skills (SDK integration guidance, API error diagnosis, and webhook signature verification setup), and a natural language /filestack-transform slash command that converts plain English into Filestack CDN transformation URLs.
How to run each
Filesystem (Reference) As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --transport stdio filesystem -- docker run -i --rm mcp/filesystemfilestack-claude-plugin As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install filestack-claude-plugin@claude-communityCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of filestack-claude-plugin publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of Filesystem (Reference) publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Filesystem (Reference) · What it can do: filestack-claude-plugin · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.