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Open-source developer tool with a documented one-command setup.
Get DesktopCommanderMCP with one command
Pick your system, reveal the step-by-step guide, copy the command, paste it into your terminal and press Enter. This command was taken from the project's own documentation and checked against it.
Not available for Windows yet.
DesktopCommanderMCP doesn't publish an install command for Windows anywhere we can verify, so there's nothing for us to show you. We won't invent one. It does document one for macOS and Linux — switch to that tab.
Pastes into PowerShell and installs DesktopCommanderMCP on your Windows machine in one step. Runs as your normal user account, and needs no administrator rights.
Not available for macOS yet.
DesktopCommanderMCP doesn't publish an install command for macOS or Linux anywhere we can verify, so there's nothing for us to show you. We won't invent one. It does document one for Windows — switch to that tab.
Pastes into your terminal and installs DesktopCommanderMCP on your macOS or Linux machine in one step — no manual setup, no build tools. It fetches the project's own install script and runs it, which is the standard way these tools ship — worth a read if you like to know what's running.
How to set up DesktopCommanderMCP, step by step
On Windows, open PowerShell (press Win, type PowerShell, hit Enter) and paste the command. On macOS or Linux, open Terminal — on a Mac it's in Applications ▸ Utilities, or press Cmd+Space and type Terminal — and paste the command there.
Run DesktopCommanderMCP --help to see the available commands, and
DesktopCommanderMCP --version to confirm the install worked. If your shell complains about
permissions, that project usually documents a corrected command on its own site.
This is the install command DesktopCommanderMCP publishes. Running it downloads DesktopCommanderMCP and puts it somewhere your terminal can find it, so you can start using it right away.
What DesktopCommanderMCP does
- Enable Node.js inspector protocol with flag
- Enable debugging mode for Node.js inspector
- Provide guidance for complete package removal
- Enable additional debugging environment variables
- Work in Progress and TODOs
- Remote AI Control - Use Desktop Commander from ChatGPT, Claude web, and other AI services via Remote MCP
Summarised from DesktopCommanderMCP's own README.
About DesktopCommanderMCP
Open-source developer tool with a documented one-command setup.
| Category | Command-line tool |
|---|---|
| Install method | command line |
| Windows | documented install command available |
| macOS / Linux | documented install command available |
| Price | Free and open source |
| Command verified | Yes — checked against the project README |
| Popularity | 9.8k stars on the project's public repository |
On mobile
DesktopCommanderMCP is a command-line tool, so there is no phone app for it — a phone has no shell to run it in. You'll need a desktop, or a remote shell into a machine that has one.
DesktopCommanderMCP is developed by its own authors. This page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by the project. The command shown here was reproduced from the project's public documentation — always check the project's own documentation before running anything.