MCP Podman

Overview

MCP Podman is a Model Context Protocol server that brings Podman container management into your AI assistant. It connects to the Podman REST API, letting Claude, Cursor, VS Code, and other MCP clients control containers, inspect images, manage volumes, and orchestrate your containerized workflows directly from conversation.

The server runs locally on your machine via uvx mcp-podman-crunchtools, communicating with your AI assistant over stdio. It requires no authentication or special credentials—just install and connect. The latest release is v0.1.1, distributed under the AGPL-3.0 license with full source available at crunchtools/mcp-podman on GitHub.

MCP Podman is listed in the Development category and works with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Zed, and all other MCP clients. If you maintain this server, you can claim this listing to verify ownership and keep the information up to date.

Installation

// claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp_podman": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-podman-crunchtools"
      ]
    }
  }
}