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Containers screen (:containers, :c)

The home screen of c9s. Lists containers managed by Apples container runtime, refreshes every 2 seconds, and supports keyboard-driven lifecycle operations.

Columns

  • SHORT-ID — first 12 hex chars of the container UUID.
  • IMAGE — image reference (e.g. nginx:1.27).
  • STATE — running stopped paused stopping created. Color-coded.
  • UPTIME — duration since the container started.
  • CPU — configured CPU count.
  • MEM — configured memory limit.

Hotkeys

Key Action
up down or j k Move selection
g G Top bottom
space Toggle mark on focused row
asterisk Mark all visible
Esc Clear marks dismiss filter close modal
slash Filter by image or short-id
r Refresh
question Help overlay
colon Command palette
s Suspend c9s and shell into the container
d Inspect JSON viewer
x Stop
ShiftK Remove container
ShiftR Restart
ShiftD Delete with confirmation
ShiftP Prune all stopped containers (with confirmation; also :prune)
p Pause unpause greyed out