🚀 New Features
Cross-OS Interactive Terminal Support(SSH, REPL, etc)
- New: REPL and interactive terminal functionality for things like SSH, Python and Node REPL and almost anything else
- New: Now DC can start, read and interact with processes
- New: Now instead of running new terminal with each command it can reuse single terminal session for many things
- New: It also allows it to run code in memory to do things like parsing and working with Excel or PDF files among many other things
- Improved: OS-specific prompt adjustments for better user experience
Usage Analytics & Feedback System
- New:
get_usage_statstool for sharing your usage statistics, these are not sent anywhere, its for you - New:
give_feedback_to_desktop_commandertool for streamlined user feedback collection, give us feedback - New: User will be prompted once to share feedback after moderate amount of usage
Docker Environment Compatibility
- New: We can be installed from https://hub.docker.com/r/mcp/desktop-commander
- Fixed: Bug fix with shell commands fixed so it fully works now
- TODO: - add installation instructions with mounted folders + improve Windows compatibility
⚡ Improvements
Advanced File Operations
- New: Support for negative file reads (tail-like behavior)
- New: Enhanced file reading with offset/length parameters for large files
- New: Improved file operation responses with better formatting
Search & Performance Optimizations
- New: Smart truncation for large search results
- New: Better handling of oversized responses to prevent timeouts
- New: Optimized search performance across different file types
Cross-Platform Stability
- Fixed: Enhanced Windows compatibility issues
- Fixed: Improved shell execution across different operating systems
- Fixed: Better handling of environment-specific commands and paths