Docker MCP Gateway
Docker official MCP CLI plugin and gateway. Discover, install, and manage MCP servers via the Docker CLI. 1,381 GitHub stars and 31 commits on main in the last 30 days.
“Docker official MCP CLI plugin and gateway. Discover, install, and manage MCP servers via the Docker CLI. 1,381 stars and 31 commits on main in the last 30 days.”
INSTALL THIS SERVER
{
"mcpServers": {
"docker-mcp": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"mcp",
"serve",
"--stdio"
]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"docker-mcp": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"mcp",
"serve",
"--stdio"
]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"docker-mcp": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"mcp",
"serve",
"--stdio"
]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"docker-mcp": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"mcp",
"serve",
"--stdio"
]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"docker-mcp": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"mcp",
"serve",
"--stdio"
]
}
}
}
6 TOOLS AVAILABLE
OUR ASSESSMENT
- Docker official maintenance.
- 1,381 GitHub stars.
- 31 commits on main in the last 30 days.
- MIT license.
- Standard Docker container lifecycle for MCP servers.
- Docker daemon required.
- Container overhead for lightweight stdio MCP servers.
- Pull-based discovery; relies on Docker registry catalog accuracy.
Docker daemon access carries root-equivalent privilege on most hosts. mcp_install pulls Docker images from the registry; verify image signatures and use a private registry for production. mcp_run starts containers with default Docker security profile; tighten with seccomp/AppArmor for sensitive agent flows.
Operators running MCP servers as Docker containers; teams adopting standard Docker workflows for MCP server lifecycle; CI flows that mount specific MCP server containers per agent task.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
ADOPTION METRICS
// Reading this1,381 stars on docker/mcp-gateway. 31 commits on main in the last 30 days.
// Reading thisPairs with mcp-registry, MCP Inspector, OpenSpec, Context7, Claude Code MCP for dev-tools meta-tooling.
SOURCES & VERIFICATION
We don't take any single directory's word for it. Before scoring, we cross-reference 5 public MCP sources, install the server ourselves against the clients we cover, and record when we last re-verified.
The same server, 5 different lenses. We reconcile these signals into our editorial score, which is why our number sometimes diverges from a directory-aggregate star count.
| Source | Their rating | Their star count | Their downloads | Last synced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AutomationSwitch This page | 4.5editorial | 1,381 | — | MAY 7, 2026 |
| PulseMCP | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 7, 2026 |
| MCP.so | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 7, 2026 |
| Glama | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 7, 2026 |
| Smithery | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 7, 2026 |
| Official MCP Registry | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 7, 2026 |
// Counts are directory-reported; we don't adjust them. Discrepancies usually come from different snapshot times or star-caching.
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