docker-mcp

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Docker, enabling seamless container and compose stack management through Claude AI.

• Source: https://github.com/QuantGeekDev/docker-mcp
• Category: cloud-devops-mcp-servers
• Tags: mcp, docker, container-management, cloud, ai-integration
• License: MIT

Features

• Container creation and instantiation: Supports creating standalone Docker containers with configurable image, name, ports, and environment variables.
• Docker Compose stack deployment: Deploys Docker Compose projects by providing YAML definitions and project names.
• Container logs retrieval: Fetches logs from specific containers for monitoring and debugging.
• Container listing and status monitoring: Lists all Docker containers and their statuses.
• Integration with Claude AI: Designed to work with Claude Desktop via MCP for AI-driven workflows.
• Development and Production configurations: Provides configuration templates for both local development and production deployments.
• Debugging support: Includes MCP Inspector integration for debugging and inspection.
• Tooling: Offers CLI tools for create-container, deploy-compose, get-logs, and list-containers operations.

Limitations

• No built-in environment variable support for containers (must be specified manually per container).
• No volume management.
• No network management.
• No container health checks.
• No container restart policies.
• No container resource limits.

Installation & Requirements

• Prerequisites:
  • UV (package manager)
  • Python 3.12+
  • Docker Desktop or Docker Engine
  • Claude Desktop
• Installation:
  • Via Smithery CLI: npx @smithery/cli install docker-mcp --client claude
  • Manual setup: Clone the repo, set up a Python virtual environment, install dependencies with uv sync.

Usage

• Add server configuration to Claude Desktop config files for integration.
• Provides JSON-based configuration for both development and production environments.

License

MIT License

Authors

• Alex Andru (@QuantGeekDev) - Initial work, Core contributor
• Ali Sadykov (@md-archive) - Initial work, Core contributor

Pricing

• Free and open source (MIT License)