🐳 dockolor.zsh – Colorized `docker ps` Output for Zsh

dockolor is a lightweight Zsh plugin that enhances your docker ps experience with color-coded output based on container status. It also replaces common aliases like dps and dpsa if defined.

Features

Colors container statuses:
- 🟢 Up / Running — Green
- 🟡 Paused — Yellow
- 🔴 Exited / Dead — Red
Preserves the original Docker ps output, just adds color.
Replaces dps and dpsa aliases (from the docker plugin) with colored versions.
Falls back gracefully if awk is not installed.

Installation

Oh My Zsh

Simply add dockolor in you plugin list

plugins=(... dockolor)

Reload your shell:

source ~/.zshrc

Any other way

Copy or clone the dockolor.plugin.zsh file
Source it in your .zshrc or .bashrc
Use the dockolor command in place of the docker ps command
You can also add an alias, something like alias dps = dockolor

Reload your shell:

source ~/.zshrc

Usage

dockolor — Same as docker ps --no-trunc, but colorized.
dps — Replaced with dockolor_dps, with color.
dpsa — Replaced with dockolor_dps -a, showing all containers, with color.

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🐳 dockolor.zsh – Colorized docker ps Output for Zsh