Docker Containers

Containers shows Docker containers for the selected running Colima profile.

What this view shows

• Container name or ID.
• Image.
• Published ports.
• State and status.
• Running container count.
• Docker context, socket, profile state, and VM address.

Running containers are highlighted as healthy. dead containers create a backend warning. Stopped, paused, exited, or restarting containers can still appear because the app lists all containers.

How to get data to appear

1. Select a Docker-backed Colima profile.
2. Start it with Start.
3. Run or create containers in that Docker context.
4. Click Refresh.

Quick Start sample:

docker run -d --name colimastack-quickstart -p 8080:80 nginx:alpine

If you are using a named profile, use the matching context:

docker --context colima-<profile> ps --all

Available actions

The view is read-only in the current source. It does not start, stop, restart, remove, inspect, or show logs for individual containers.

Related menu bar actions can open a published port in the browser, open Containers, copy container ID, copy image, and copy ports.

Empty states

• Runtime not available: Colima diagnostics are not available.
• Choose a profile: no profile is selected.
• Docker endpoint unavailable: Docker CLI or the selected context is unavailable.
• No containers: Docker is available, but the selected context has no containers.
• No matching containers: the local search filter hides all rows.

Source command

ColimaStack invokes:

docker --context <context> ps --all --no-trunc --format "{{json .}}"

See Command API for context and error behavior. Use Diagnostics if Docker is unavailable.