Alternatives to ctop
Watch container resource use in a terminal dashboard. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
ctop
Watch container resource use in a terminal dashboard.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as ctop.
lazydocker
A terminal dashboard for Docker and Compose, so you stop typing ps, logs and restart over and over.
lazydocker adds Compose support and single-key restart, stop, prune and shell actions alongside logs and statistics, and also runs on Windows as one static Go binary.
dry
Terminal dashboard for Docker containers, images and Swarm services.
dry covers Docker containers, images and Swarm services with stats, logs and inspect output against a remote daemon, but it is Docker only and upstream activity is sparse.
oxker
View and control Docker containers from a terminal interface.
oxker is an MIT-licensed terminal interface for viewing and controlling Docker containers that also runs on Windows, but it requires access to a Docker daemon.
podman-tui
A terminal user interface for managing Podman containers, images and other resources on local or remote machines.
podman-tui is a terminal interface focused on Podman, managing containers, images and other resources on local or remote machines over SSH.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
K9s
Inspect and manage Kubernetes resources from the terminal.
Portainer
Web interface for deploying and managing Docker and Kubernetes workloads.
dive
Explore container image layers and find wasted space.
Docker Engine
The container runtime that builds, packages and runs applications in Docker containers.
Podman
Daemonless container engine with a Docker-compatible command line.
cAdvisor
A daemon that collects and analyzes resource usage and performance data for running containers.
