io.github.manusa/podman-mcp-server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for container runtimes (Podman and Docker)

io.github.manusa/podman-mcp-server · Repository · version 0.0.15 · 81 stars · listed from registry

Install

The sweep installs into a clean prefix, but this is the command a user would run:

npx podman-mcp-server

Results by platform

Linux

installs and connects2026-08-16 · probed over npm

1 recorded run, oldest first.

tools/list returned 13 tools.

container_inspect container_list container_logs container_remove container_run container_stop image_build image_list image_pull image_push image_remove network_list volume_list

macOS

MCP handshake failed2026-08-16 · probed over npm

1 recorded run, oldest first.

handshake failed: MCP error -32000: Connection closed
--- stderr (tail) ---
panic: no podman implementation available: api (not available), cli (not available)

goroutine 1 [running]:
github.com/manusa/podman-mcp-server/pkg/podman-mcp-server/cmd.init.func1(0x103b54400, {0x102e1fd1d?, 0x4?, 0x102e1fd21?})
	/Users/runner/work/podman-mcp-server/podman-mcp-server/pkg/podman-mcp-server/cmd/root.go:62 +0x720
github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).execute(0x103b54400, {0x14000128040, 0x0, 0x0})
	/Users/runner/go/pkg/mod/github.com/spf13/[email protected]/command.go:1019 +0x7bc
github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).ExecuteC(0x103b54400)
	/Users/runner/go/pkg/mod/github.com/spf13/[email protected]/command.go:1148 +0x350
github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).Execute(...)
	/Users/runner/go/pkg/mod/github.com/spf13/[email protected]/command.go:1071
github.com/manusa/podman-mcp-server/pkg/podman-mcp-server/cmd.Execute(...)
	/Users/runner/work/podman-mcp-server/podman-mcp-server/pkg/podman-mcp-server/cmd/root.go:117
main.main()
	/Users/runner/work/podman-mcp-server/podman-mcp-server/cmd/podman-mcp-server/main.go:6 +0x28

Windows

MCP handshake failed2026-08-16 · probed over npm

1 recorded run, oldest first.

handshake failed: MCP error -32000: Connection closed
--- stderr (tail) ---
panic: no podman implementation available: api (not available), cli (not available)

goroutine 1 [running]:
github.com/manusa/podman-mcp-server/pkg/podman-mcp-server/cmd.init.func1(0x7ff6f428a520, {0x7ff6f3816277?, 0x4?, 0x7ff6f381627b?})
	/Users/runner/work/podman-mcp-server/podman-mcp-server/pkg/podman-mcp-server/cmd/root.go:62 +0x865
github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).execute(0x7ff6f428a520, {0xc000192010, 0x0, 0x0})
	/Users/runner/go/pkg/mod/github.com/spf13/[email protected]/command.go:1019 +0xae7
github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).ExecuteC(0x7ff6f428a520)
	/Users/runner/go/pkg/mod/github.com/spf13/[email protected]/command.go:1148 +0x465
github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).Execute(...)
	/Users/runner/go/pkg/mod/github.com/spf13/[email protected]/command.go:1071
github.com/manusa/podman-mcp-server/pkg/podman-mcp-server/cmd.Execute(...)
	/Users/runner/work/podman-mcp-server/podman-mcp-server/pkg/podman-mcp-server/cmd/root.go:117
main.main()
	/Users/runner/work/podman-mcp-server/podman-mcp-server/cmd/podman-mcp-server/main.go:6 +0x1b

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