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mcp-podman-crunchtools

MCP server for Podman container management via the Podman REST API. Manages containers, images, pods, networks, volumes, and system info. Supports both rootful and rootless Podman.

Installation

# uvx (zero-install)
uvx mcp-podman-crunchtools

# pip
pip install mcp-podman-crunchtools

# Container
podman run -v /run/podman/podman.sock:/run/podman/podman.sock:z \
  --security-opt label=type:container_runtime_t \
  quay.io/crunchtools/mcp-podman

Related MCP server: Container Exec MCP Server

Configuration

Variable

Required

Default

Description

PODMAN_SOCKET

No

Auto-detect

Unix socket path

PODMAN_SOCKET_FILE

No

—

File containing socket path

PODMAN_TIMEOUT

No

30

Request timeout in seconds

Socket auto-detection order:

  1. $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/podman/podman.sock (rootless)

  2. /run/user/$UID/podman/podman.sock (rootless fallback)

  3. /run/podman/podman.sock (rootful)

Claude Code Integration

claude mcp add mcp-podman-crunchtools \
  --env PODMAN_SOCKET=/run/podman/podman.sock \
  -- uvx mcp-podman-crunchtools

Tools (30)

Containers (12)

Tool

Description

container_list

List containers

container_inspect

Get container details

container_start

Start a container

container_stop

Stop a container

container_restart

Restart a container

container_kill

Send signal to container

container_rm

Remove a container

container_logs

Get container logs

container_top

List processes

container_stats

Resource usage

container_create

Create a container

container_prune

Remove stopped containers

Images (5)

Tool

Description

image_list

List images

image_inspect

Get image details

image_pull

Pull from registry

image_rm

Remove an image

image_prune

Remove unused images

Pods (7)

Tool

Description

pod_list

List pods

pod_inspect

Get pod details

pod_start

Start a pod

pod_stop

Stop a pod

pod_restart

Restart a pod

pod_rm

Remove a pod

pod_create

Create a pod

Networks (2)

Tool

Description

network_list

List networks

network_inspect

Get network details

Volumes (2)

Tool

Description

volume_list

List volumes

volume_inspect

Get volume details

System (2)

Tool

Description

system_info

Podman system info

system_df

Disk usage

License

AGPL-3.0-or-later

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license - permissive license
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quality
A
maintenance

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