ohmyzsh/plugins/dockolor

🐳 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.