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Top-like interface for container metrics

ctop provides a concise and condensed overview of real-time metrics for multiple containers:

as well as an expanded view for inspecting a specific container.

ctop currently comes with built-in support for Docker; connectors for other container and cluster systems are planned for future releases.

Install

Fetch the latest release for your platform:

Linux

wget https://github.com/bcicen/ctop/releases/download/v0.4/ctop-0.4-linux-amd64 -O ctop
sudo mv ctop /usr/local/bin/
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/ctop

OS X

curl -Lo ctop https://github.com/bcicen/ctop/releases/download/v0.4/ctop-0.4-darwin-amd64
sudo mv ctop /usr/local/bin/
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/ctop

ctop is also available for Arch in the AUR

Usage

ctop requires no arguments and will configure itself using the DOCKER_HOST environment variable

export DOCKER_HOST=tcp://127.0.0.1:4243
ctop

Keybindings

Key	Action
a	Toggle display of all (running and non-running) containers
f	Filter displayed containers
H	Toggle ctop header
h	Open help dialog
s	Select container sort field
r	Reverse container sort order
q	Quit ctop