Docker MCP Servers — Container Management Gets an AI Layer (Plus the MCP Catalog That Hosts 300+ Others)

At a glance: Docker plays a unique dual role in MCP: infrastructure provider for ALL MCP servers (Gateway, Catalog, ToolHive) AND platform with its own MCP servers for container management. AAIF Gold member. 20M+ users. Rating: 4/5. MCP for Docker — Container Management ckreiling/mcp-server-docker (691 stars, Python, GPL-3.0) — Community leader. 25 tools across containers (list/create/run/stop/logs), images (list/pull/push/build), networks, and volumes. Full lifecycle management via natural language. Docker socket required. QuantGeekDev/docker-mcp (456 stars, Python, MIT) — Simpler alternative. 4 tools: create-container, deploy-compose, get-logs, list-containers. Docker Compose support is the standout feature. docker/hub-mcp (132 stars, TypeScript, Apache-2.0) — Official Docker Hub server. 12+ tools for search, repositories, tags, namespaces, images. Docker Hardened Images recommendations. Minimal for an official server (10 commits). Docker for MCP — Infrastructure Layer docker/mcp-gat