# docker compose ps Lists containers for a Compose project, with current status and exposed ports. ```console $ docker compose ps NAME IMAGE COMMAND SERVICE CREATED STATUS PORTS example-foo-1 alpine "/entrypoint.…" foo 4 seconds ago Up 2 seconds 0.0.0.0:8080->80/tcp ``` By default, only running containers are shown. `--all` flag can be used to include stopped containers. ```console $ docker compose ps --all NAME IMAGE COMMAND SERVICE CREATED STATUS PORTS example-foo-1 alpine "/entrypoint.…" foo 4 seconds ago Up 2 seconds 0.0.0.0:8080->80/tcp example-bar-1 alpine "/entrypoint.…" bar 4 seconds ago exited (0) ``` ### Options | Name | Type | Default | Description | |:----------------------|:--------------|:--------|:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `-a`, `--all` | `bool` | | Show all stopped containers (including those created by the run command) | | `--dry-run` | `bool` | | Execute command in dry run mode | | [`--filter`](#filter) | `string` | | Filter services by a property (supported filters: status) | | [`--format`](#format) | `string` | `table` | Format output using a custom template:
'table': Print output in table format with column headers (default)
'table TEMPLATE': Print output in table format using the given Go template
'json': Print in JSON format
'TEMPLATE': Print output using the given Go template.
Refer to https://docs.docker.com/go/formatting/ for more information about formatting output with templates | | `--no-trunc` | `bool` | | Don't truncate output | | `--orphans` | `bool` | `true` | Include orphaned services (not declared by project) | | `-q`, `--quiet` | `bool` | | Only display IDs | | `--services` | `bool` | | Display services | | [`--status`](#status) | `stringArray` | | Filter services by status. Values: [paused \| restarting \| removing \| running \| dead \| created \| exited] | ## Description Lists containers for a Compose project, with current status and exposed ports. ```console $ docker compose ps NAME IMAGE COMMAND SERVICE CREATED STATUS PORTS example-foo-1 alpine "/entrypoint.…" foo 4 seconds ago Up 2 seconds 0.0.0.0:8080->80/tcp ``` By default, only running containers are shown. `--all` flag can be used to include stopped containers. ```console $ docker compose ps --all NAME IMAGE COMMAND SERVICE CREATED STATUS PORTS example-foo-1 alpine "/entrypoint.…" foo 4 seconds ago Up 2 seconds 0.0.0.0:8080->80/tcp example-bar-1 alpine "/entrypoint.…" bar 4 seconds ago exited (0) ``` ## Examples ### Format the output (--format) By default, the `docker compose ps` command uses a table ("pretty") format to show the containers. The `--format` flag allows you to specify alternative presentations for the output. Currently, supported options are `pretty` (default), and `json`, which outputs information about the containers as a JSON array: ```console $ docker compose ps --format json [{"ID":"1553b0236cf4d2715845f053a4ee97042c4f9a2ef655731ee34f1f7940eaa41a","Name":"example-bar-1","Command":"/docker-entrypoint.sh nginx -g 'daemon off;'","Project":"example","Service":"bar","State":"exited","Health":"","ExitCode":0,"Publishers":null},{"ID":"f02a4efaabb67416e1ff127d51c4b5578634a0ad5743bd65225ff7d1909a3fa0","Name":"example-foo-1","Command":"/docker-entrypoint.sh nginx -g 'daemon off;'","Project":"example","Service":"foo","State":"running","Health":"","ExitCode":0,"Publishers":[{"URL":"0.0.0.0","TargetPort":80,"PublishedPort":8080,"Protocol":"tcp"}]}] ``` The JSON output allows you to use the information in other tools for further processing, for example, using the [`jq` utility](https://stedolan.github.io/jq/) to pretty-print the JSON: ```console $ docker compose ps --format json | jq . [ { "ID": "1553b0236cf4d2715845f053a4ee97042c4f9a2ef655731ee34f1f7940eaa41a", "Name": "example-bar-1", "Command": "/docker-entrypoint.sh nginx -g 'daemon off;'", "Project": "example", "Service": "bar", "State": "exited", "Health": "", "ExitCode": 0, "Publishers": null }, { "ID": "f02a4efaabb67416e1ff127d51c4b5578634a0ad5743bd65225ff7d1909a3fa0", "Name": "example-foo-1", "Command": "/docker-entrypoint.sh nginx -g 'daemon off;'", "Project": "example", "Service": "foo", "State": "running", "Health": "", "ExitCode": 0, "Publishers": [ { "URL": "0.0.0.0", "TargetPort": 80, "PublishedPort": 8080, "Protocol": "tcp" } ] } ] ``` ### Filter containers by status (--status) Use the `--status` flag to filter the list of containers by status. For example, to show only containers that are running or only containers that have exited: ```console $ docker compose ps --status=running NAME IMAGE COMMAND SERVICE CREATED STATUS PORTS example-foo-1 alpine "/entrypoint.…" foo 4 seconds ago Up 2 seconds 0.0.0.0:8080->80/tcp $ docker compose ps --status=exited NAME IMAGE COMMAND SERVICE CREATED STATUS PORTS example-bar-1 alpine "/entrypoint.…" bar 4 seconds ago exited (0) ``` ### Filter containers by status (--filter) The [`--status` flag](#status) is a convenient shorthand for the `--filter status=` flag. The example below is the equivalent to the example from the previous section, this time using the `--filter` flag: ```console $ docker compose ps --filter status=running NAME IMAGE COMMAND SERVICE CREATED STATUS PORTS example-foo-1 alpine "/entrypoint.…" foo 4 seconds ago Up 2 seconds 0.0.0.0:8080->80/tcp ``` The `docker compose ps` command currently only supports the `--filter status=` option, but additional filter options may be added in the future.