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tidesman-mcp

Tidesman — a free native MCP server for running, understanding, and debugging Linux containers with Apple's container tool. Public downloads + docs.

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Data offered docs-verified: container listing, inspection and logs (read-only) · container run, exec, start, restart, stop and kill (write) · container and image delete and prune (destructive) · image list, inspect, pull and tag · system ping, disk usage and engine repair
Formats docs-verified: MCP stdio
Access docs-verified: Free of charge, proprietary end-user licence (EULA). Local install with no API key, OAuth or account. Requires an Apple Silicon Mac on macOS 26 with Apple's container tool installed.

Use cases llm-inferred: Run a Linux-only geospatial or hydrological model in an isolated container on a Mac, then inspect its logs · Reproduce a Linux GDAL/PROJ toolchain for a project deliverable without leaving the Mac · Review an audit trail of container tool calls for a model run that needs to be documented
Audience llm-inferred: developers working with Linux containers on macOS · GIS analysts and hydrologists running containerised tools · computational and modelling engineers

Constraints docs-verified: Apple Silicon Mac on macOS 26 only · Requires Apple's container tool installed and started (container system start) · Default read-only mode; write and destructive tools need --mode=safe or --mode=full · Host folder mounts are off by default and need --allow-host-mounts · Source code is maintained privately; this repository holds binaries and docs only

Auto-extracted, unverified fields: tools, install, auth. Check upstream documentation.

Tools/install/auth auto-extracted from README; quality score heuristic (stars, recency, tool count, licence).

Metadata observed 15/10/2026 · research sweep: github-search