Does Desktop Commander work with Claude Desktop?

Q: Does Desktop Commander work with Claude Desktop?

Yes. In our test on 2026-10-19 (Claude Desktop 2.37337.1 (Linux beta, Electron 44.7.0), @wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander 0.3.0, plan: Not recorded for this run), Desktop Commander passed install, connect, tools and an agent task.

Yes. Desktop Commander passed every step of our test in Claude Desktop on Oct 19, 2026: it installed, connected, its tools were visible, and an agent used it to finish a real task.

Result

ResultPassed

Date testedOct 19, 2026

Plan tested onNot recorded for this run

App versionClaude Desktop 2.37337.1 (Linux beta, Electron 44.7.0)

Server package@wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander 0.3.0

Connect timeconnected in 21s

Steps

install OK
connect OK
tools visible OK
agent task: write read back OKcreate a document with known content, then read it back

Test note: server wrapped in harness/scripts/mcp_tee.py to record JSON-RPC; prompts typed via xdotool; tool Allow pop-ups approved by the operator for test servers only; model = app default

From our own harness run, not the maker’s claims. How we test.

Versions tested

Claude Desktop 2.37337.1 (Linux beta, Electron 44.7.0) · @wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander 0.3.0 · connected in 21s · tested Oct 19, 2026

Server package tested: @wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander 0.3.0 (npm, Node v20.19.2; resolved 2026-10-19)

Direct and key dependencies as resolved: @desktop-commander/telemetry-contract 0.1.1 · @modelcontextprotocol/sdk 1.32.1 · @opendocsg/pdf2md 0.3.4 · @supabase/supabase-js 2.109.0 · @tiptap/core 3.32.0 · @tiptap/extension-image 3.32.0 · @tiptap/extension-table 3.32.0 · @tiptap/extension-table-cell 3.32.0 · @tiptap/extension-table-header 3.32.0 · @tiptap/extension-table-row 3.32.0 · @tiptap/pm 3.32.0 · @tiptap/starter-kit 3.32.0 · @vscode/ripgrep 1.18.0 · cross-fetch 4.1.0 · exceljs 4.4.0 · express 5.3.0 · fastest-levenshtein 1.0.16 · glob 10.5.0 · highlight.js 11.12.0 · isbinaryfile 5.0.7 · markdown-it 14.3.3 · md-to-pdf 5.2.5 · open 10.2.0 · pdf-lib 1.17.1 · pizzip 3.3.0 · proper-lockfile 4.1.2 · puppeteer 24.43.1 · puppeteer-core 24.43.1 · remark 15.0.1 · remark-gfm 4.0.1 · remark-parse 11.0.0 · sharp 0.35.5 · tiptap-markdown 0.9.0 · unified 11.0.5 · unpdf 1.7.0 · ws 8.22.0 · zod 3.25.76 · zod-to-json-schema 3.25.2

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which-collection==1.0.2
which-typed-array==1.1.24
wrap-ansi==3.0.1, 7.0.0, 8.1.0
wrap-ansi-cjs==7.0.0
wrappy==1.0.2
ws==8.22.0
wsl-utils==0.1.0
xmlchars==2.2.0
y18n==5.0.8
yargs==17.7.3
yargs-parser==21.1.1
yauzl==2.10.0
zip-stream==4.1.1
zod==3.25.76
zod-to-json-schema==3.25.2
zwitch==2.0.4

Captured with: npm ls --all --json in the npx env.

What happened in this run

Install config we used

{
 "command": "npx",
 "args": [
  "-y",
  "@wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander@latest"
 ]
}

Connection check

initialize seen in tee log after app restart

Tools check

tools/list answered (tee log)

Agent task: write read back

4 calls reached the server
Agent’s answer (excerpt): TP-198042

Raw details from our harness log for this run. Secrets redacted.

Set it up in Claude Desktop

Copy-paste config for every app is on the Desktop Commander page. Not connecting? Claude Desktop MCP troubleshooting.

Other apps we tested it in: Claude Code (partial) · Cursor (partial) · ChatGPT (Codex) (passed).

All MCP servers tested in Claude Desktop