MCP Gdrive vs Mint — Safe Mac Storage Actions

In-depth architectural comparison of the MCP Gdrive and Mint — Safe Mac Storage Actions MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

Choose MCP Gdrive when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the File Systems domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: Description, Output.

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Choose Mint — Safe Mac Storage Actions when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the File Systems domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: mint_status, mint_why, mint_scan.

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	MCP Gdrive isaacphi File Systems	Mint — Safe Mac Storage Actions File Systems
Summary	Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server for reading from Google Drive and editing Google Sheets.	Inspect Mac storage, explain file activity, and perform journaled cleanup with Trash and Undo.
Category & Scope	File Systems

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations

Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "isaacphi-mcp-gdrive": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@isaacphi/mcp-gdrive"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mint-safe-mac-storage-actions": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@dzg-studio/mcp-server-mint@1.0.1"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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