Best Alternatives to Podman MCP Server

Arcane RMCP

Runtime: npx

Rust MCP server and CLI for Arcane Docker and container management.

Komodo MCP Server

Runtime: npx

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Kubernetes MCP Server

Runtime: npx

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Kubernetes and OpenShift

Interactive Terminal

Runtime: npx

MCP server for real interactive terminal sessions — REPLs, SSH, databases, Docker

Unraid RMCP

Runtime: npx

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Next Devtools MCP

Runtime: npx

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Docker MCP

Runtime: npx

MCP server for managing Docker containers, images, networks, volumes, and registries

Ipybox

Runtime: uvx

An MCP server for sandboxed Python code execution with IPython and Docker, and file transfer.

Self-hosted low-code platform (Docker); its MCP endpoint runs on your own instance, not via npx.

Self-hosted Anytype MCP server: the full Anytype API as an always-on Docker + HTTP endpoint.

Datoon

Runtime: uvx

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Labby

Runtime: npx

Local-first MCP gateway and homelab control plane with CLI, HTTP API, and web UI.