Tidesman MCP server

by tidesman.dev·dev.tidesman/tidesman·v0.3.0·7 stars

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A free native MCP server for running and debugging Linux containers with Apple's container tool.

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Tidesman tools

No tool declarations could be read from the package source. They show once the server is installed.

Public scan report

scanner v0.1.9 · 2026-09-25 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it

no findings

–Code scanpackage could not be scannedn/a
–Live reliabilityno gateway calls yet and no remote to proben/a
–Tool poisoningtools not inspected (local package is not executed); not countedn/a
Auth qualitylocal package, no credentials required12/15
Maintenancelast push 69 days ago12/15
Maintainer identitynamespace and repository owner differ; GitHub account older than a year; website matches verified namespace7/10

Overall 78/100. Components that don't apply are left out of the denominator. Any critical finding is an F.Rubric Appeal a finding JSON

How Tidesman compares

Against every graded MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.

Safety score: 78/100; higher than 57% of 48,255 servers
GitHub stars: 7; more than 86% of 28,688 servers

Install Tidesman in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code

The registry entry has no remote endpoint or installable package.

What the publisher says

From the Tidesman repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub

Tidesman

A free native MCP server for running, understanding, and debugging Linux containers with Apple's container tool.

Website · Downloads

It lets an AI assistant (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or any MCP-compatible client) list, run, inspect, and clean up Linux containers on your Mac, safely and with a full audit trail.

This repository is the public download and documentation home for Tidesman. The source is

maintained privately; the binaries published here are signed with an Apple Developer ID

certificate and notarized by Apple.

Demo

Demo coming with the first release.

What it is

MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open standard that lets an AI assistant call external tools: small functions that do real work, such as listing or starting containers. Tidesman is the server side of that standard: it offers a set of container tools, and the AI is the client that calls them.

Apple's container is Apple's tool for running Linux containers on macOS. Normally you drive it by typing commands in a terminal. Tidesman instead talks straight to the background service that container relies on (its "apiserver"), using Apple's own Swift client library. Going directly to that service is faster and sturdier than wrapping the command line.

Requirements

An Apple Silicon Mac running macOS 26 (Apple's container runtime requires both).
Apple's container installed and started: container system start.

Install

Tidesman is a signed, notarized binary. Pick whichever channel suits you.

Homebrew (recommended)

brew install JeronimoColon/tidesman/tidesman

This adds the tap and installs tidesman to /opt/homebrew/bin.

Installer package (.pkg)

Download tidesman-.pkg from the latest release, double-click it, and follow the prompts. It installs tidesman to /usr/local/bin. The package is signed, notarized, and stapled, so it verifies even offline.

Direct binary (zip)

Download tidesman--macos-arm64.zip, unzip it, and move tidesman onto your PATH. Because the bare binary is not stapled, macOS checks it online the first time you run it.

Claude Desktop one-click (.mcpb)

Download tidesman-.mcpb and open it with Claude Desktop (Settings → Extensions). The bundle embeds the signed binary and registers the server for you in read-only mode.

Verify your download

Every release ships a SHA256SUMS file. From the folder holding your downloads:

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.

Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.

Tidesman: common questions

Is Tidesman MCP server safe?: Mostly: it is graded B (78/100). Read the Tidesman safety report
Does Tidesman need an API key?: Not as far as the registry entry and our scan can tell: no credentials are declared or required.
Is Tidesman maintained?: The last commit was 109 days ago (2026-07-18). The latest release is v0.3.0.
How does Tidesman compare with other MCP servers?: safety score 78/100 (higher than 57% of 48,255 servers); github stars 7 (more than 86% of 28,688 servers). Full comparison.