Oriel

Oriel is a fast, local Docker GUI that's also an MCP server. Point any MCP client (Claude, Cursor, a local LLM) at it and manage Docker and Colima in plain English, through the same validated, secret-masked tools the GUI uses.

What it does

• Containers, images, volumes, networks, and Compose
• Colima VM control (start / stop / restart) and engine status
• Works with any Docker engine: Colima, Docker Engine, OrbStack, Podman, or a remote daemon

Safety

• Secrets stay masked. Env values are never handed raw to a model.
• Destructive actions are locked behind a time-boxed grant (oriel ai allow-destructive --for 6h); reads always work.
• No model in the binary. Your client brings the model.

Install

brew install ParadoxInfinite/oriel/oriel, then add to your MCP client:

{ "mcpServers": { "oriel": { "command": "oriel", "args": ["mcp"] } } }

One ~13 MB Go binary, macOS and Linux, Apache-2.0. Repo: https://github.com/ParadoxInfinite/oriel