Docker MCP Gateway
The docker mcp CLI plugin and gateway behind Docker Desktop's MCP Toolkit, for running MCP servers in containers.
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Running third-party MCP servers in isolated containers from a curated catalogue.
You don't use Docker; the gateway runs servers as containers.
About Docker MCP Gateway
This repository is the docker mcp CLI plugin that powers the MCP Toolkit in Docker Desktop and also works without it. Its MCP Gateway runs and deploys MCP servers from the Docker MCP Catalog in containers, grouping them into profiles that can be connected to AI clients, which addresses server lifecycle, secrets and isolation problems.
Docker MCP Gateway is listed in this index written primarily in Go, with 1.6k stars on GitHub. Its latest recorded repository push was in October 2026; that is not an ASE editorial review date.
Docker MCP Gateway and related category tools
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| Docker MCP Gatewaythis listing | 1.6k | Go | MIT | Costs not checked |
| MCPJungle | 1.5k | Go | MPL-2.0 | Costs not checked |
| MCP Bundles (MCPB) | 2.2k | TypeScript | — | Costs not checked |
| Cisco MCP Scanner | 1.1k | Python | Apache-2.0 | Costs not checked |
| ContextForge (IBM MCP Context Forge) | 4.7k | Python | Apache-2.0 | Costs not checked |
