dtop

A terminal-based Docker container monitoring tool with real-time CPU and memory metrics.

Runs as dtop|macOS, Linux, Windows|github.com

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Command form

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Start dtop against one or more Docker hosts. Subcommands (update) and TLS certificate setup are not covered.

Opens the form; the finished command lands at your prompt, unrun

Run in Otty

otty gui dtop

Monitor containersExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal

Basic

Show all containers

--all

Filter

string

Sort by

4 choicesenum

Advanced

Icon style

3 choicesenum

TasksEach one presets the form for one job

Local containers

allfiltersorticons

Remote host

hostallfiltersort

ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form

Docker host

Repeat for several hosts. Defaults to the config file or local.
string · repeatable

--host-Hlocalssh://user@hosttcp://host:2375tls://host:2376

Show all containers

Include stopped, exited and paused containers.
boolean

--all-a

Filter

name=value, e.g. status=running or name=nginx. Repeatable.
string · repeatable

--filter-fstatus=runningname=nginx

Sort by

enum

--sort-suptimenamecpumemory

Icon style

enum

--icons-iautounicodenerd

Config file

path

--config-c

SourcesEvery flag above is checked against these

help

Usage: dtop [OPTIONS] [COMMAND] -c, --config <PATH> Path to a config file to use instead of the default locations -H, --host <HOST> Docker host(s) to connect to. Can be specified multiple times. --host local (Connect to local Docker daemon / active Docker context) --host unix:///path/docker.s…

helpdtop --help (README)

github.com

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