Nasa Eonet vs Filesystem
A side-by-side look at the Nasa Eonet and Filesystem MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Nasa Eonet for environment & nature work as a local process; choose Filesystem for file systems as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose Nasa Eonet when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Environment & Nature domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- You want tools like
events, get_event, geojson.
Choose Filesystem when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the File Systems domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- Its auth model fits you: No auth required.
- You want tools like
path, head, tail.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Environment & Nature | File Systems |
| Quality signal | 59/100 · Good | 85/100 · Excellent |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | No auth required |
| Pricing | Not declared | Free |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Verified |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 91,487 |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 9 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 6 | 17 |
| Full listing | View Nasa Eonet | View Filesystem |
Tools & capabilities
Nasa Eonet tools 6
eventsNatural hazard events tracked by NASA EONET (the Earth Observatory Natural Event Tracker): wildfires, severe storms, volcanoes, floods, icebergs, landslides, dust and haze. Filter by open or closed status, lookback days, category id, bounding box, reporting source, and magnitude range. Returns each event id, title, category, date-stamped geometry (point or polygon), and links to the reporting agency, answering where wildfires, storms, or eruptions are active now and where they occurred recently.get_eventFetch a single event by EONET id.geojsonSame as events but returns GeoJSON FeatureCollection (good for direct map rendering).list_categoriesReturn all EONET event category definitions (id, title, description, layers) used to filter the events and geojson tools.list_sourcesReturn all official data sources (id, title, homepage URL) that EONET aggregates natural-event records from.list_layersVisualization layer reference (mapping the events to imagery layers).
Filesystem tools 17
pathheadtailpathscontenteditsoldTextnewTextdryRunsortBysourcedestination- +5 more on the listing page
Ready-to-paste client configs
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
Nasa Eonet
{
"mcpServers": {
"nasa-eonet": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-nasa-eonet"
]
}
}
}
Filesystem
{
"mcpServers": {
"filesystem": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem"
]
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
Nasa Eonet is categorized under Environment & Nature and uses a local stdio subprocess. Filesystem belongs to File Systems and uses a local stdio subprocess. Pick Nasa Eonet for environment & nature work and Filesystem for file systems.
Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client.
Nasa Eonet has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. Filesystem is listed as free. Auth: no auth required. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.
Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add nasa-eonet and filesystem as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Nasa Eonet has a quality signal of 59/100 (Good) with 1 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars. Filesystem has 85/100 (Excellent) with 9 views, 0 installs and 91,487 GitHub stars.