best of · updated August 2026

The 15 best Docker MCP servers

The 15 Docker MCP servers worth your time, out of 86 we track - actively maintained, with real adoption, ranked on monthly installs, GitHub stars, and commit recency. Checked nightly.

These servers manage containers from an assistant: run, inspect, build, and compose. The practical split is local Docker socket versus remote engines, and each page says which credentials that needs.

01 Socraticode ★ 3,274 · commit 2026-08-24 MCP server for local codebase indexing, semantic search, and code dependency graphs. 18,109 installs/mo · 10+ releases/90d · no env vars documented $ npx -y socraticode 02 Agent Swarm ★ 720 · commit 2026-08-24 An engine to make your company AI Native Built by desplega.sh - by builders, for builders. 5,667 installs/mo · 10+ releases/90d · no env vars documented $ npx -y @desplega.ai/agent-swarm 03 Flyto Core ★ 480 · commit 2026-08-25 Execution engine for AI agents. 412 modules: browser, file, Docker, data, crypto. 5,147 installs/mo · 9 releases/90d · needs 1 env var $ uvx flyto-core 04 Unraid MCP ★ 128 · commit 2026-08-23 A monorepo of Unraid tooling: two MCP servers (Python and Rust) and three Unraid OS plugins, plus the Claude/Codex agent integrations that surface them. 6,838 installs/mo · 9 releases/90d · no env vars documented $ uvx unraid-mcp 05 Openrouter Multimodal ★ 81 · commit 2026-08-25 OpenRouter MCP Multimodal The MCP server for multimodal AI agents. 5,712 installs/mo · 19 tools documented · 2 releases/90d · needs 1 env var $ npx -y @stabgan/openrouter-mcp-multimodal 06 Kubeshark MCP Server ★ 12,057 · commit 2026-08-18 Real-time Kubernetes network traffic visibility and API analysis for HTTP, gRPC, Redis, Kafka, DNS. 1 release/90d · no env vars documented 07 Homebutler ★ 240 · commit 2026-08-23 Inspect and manage a homelab over MCP - status, Docker, ports, backups - without shell access. 1,262 installs/mo · 7 releases/90d · no env vars documented $ npx -y homebutler 08 Better Email MCP ★ 31 · commit 2026-08-24 IMAP/SMTP email for AI agents -- read, send, organize folders, and manage attachments across multiple accounts, with auto-discovery. 4,024 installs/mo · 7 tools documented · 6 releases/90d · needs 4 env vars $ npx -y @n24q02m/better-email-mcp 09 CloakBrowser MCP ★ 52 · commit 2026-08-20 cloakbrowser-mcp is a drop-in Playwright MCP-compatible browser automation server with unchanged upstream tools, CloakBrowser Chromium, and production-ready npm, Docker, and Streamable HTTP packaging. 2,723 installs/mo · 10+ releases/90d · no env vars documented $ npx -y cloakbrowser-mcp 10 AIquila - Nextcloud MCP Server ★ 32 · commit 2026-08-24 Nextcloud + Claude AI Integration AIquila bridges your self-hosted Nextcloud instance with Claude AI. 2,865 installs/mo · 10+ releases/90d · no env vars documented $ npx -y aiquila-mcp 11 Better Notion MCP ★ 36 · commit 2026-08-24 Markdown-first Notion for AI agents -- pages, databases, blocks, and comments in one call. 2,383 installs/mo · 11 tools documented · 4 releases/90d · needs 5 env vars $ npx -y @n24q02m/better-notion-mcp 12 Containerization Assist ★ 41 · commit 2026-08-20 An AI-powered containerization assistant that helps you build, scan, and deploy Docker containers through VS Code and other MCP-compatible tools. 1,893 installs/mo · 14 tools documented · 2 releases/90d · needs 2 env vars $ npx -y containerization-assist-mcp 13 OpenClaw MCP Server ★ 183 · commit 2026-08-16 🦞 Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for OpenClaw AI assistant integration. 1,519 installs/mo · 7 tools documented · 2 releases/90d · needs 10 env vars $ npx -y openclaw-mcp 14 Wet MCP ★ 16 · commit 2026-08-24 Web search, content extraction, and library docs for AI agents -- 5-strategy scraping, runs without API keys. 3,245 installs/mo · 6 tools documented · 4 releases/90d · needs 7 env vars $ uvx wet-mcp 15 Kastell ★ 57 · commit 2026-08-16 Server security audit (413 checks), hardening, and fleet management across 4 cloud providers. 3,018 installs/mo · 2 releases/90d · needs 4 env vars $ npx -y kastell

How to choose between them

Socraticode tops the list - the most installs (18,109 last month) and actively maintained. 3 of these 15 offer a remote endpoint (no local process to run); the rest are local stdio servers. 7 document no required env vars - paste the config and go; the others need env vars set first (each page lists exactly which). Where we've compared two of these head-to-head, the comparison is linked on each one's page.

Quick answers

Which Docker MCP server is most installed?

Socraticode, with 18,109 installs in the last month (as of August 2026). By GitHub stars the leader is Kubeshark MCP Server (12,057).

How many Docker MCP servers exist?

We track 86 actively-maintained MCP servers built for Docker, matched from the official registry and each project's own description. The 15 above lead on monthly installs, GitHub stars, and commit recency.

All 86 Docker MCP servers

Ranked 16 onward, same order as above. Status checked last night.

How this list is ranked

Ranked from live registry + GitHub data: monthly installs (npm/PyPI), GitHub stars, and commit recency - recomputed nightly. No pay-to-rank, ever. The 15 above lead the full list of 86, all of which you can see on this page. Full recipe: how we verify.