Podman Tools

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

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