GNOME Shell Extension: Containers

Manage Linux containers seamlessly using Podman within the GNOME Shell.

Features ✨

This extension provides a convenient GNOME Shell menu to manage your Podman containers. Supported actions include:

• Start: Initialize containers. 🚀
• Stop: Terminate running containers. 🛑
• Remove: Delete containers. 🗑️
• Pause: Suspend container processes. ⏸️
• Restart: Reboot containers. 🔄
• Top Resources: Display resource usage stats. 📊
• Shell Access: Open a terminal shell in the container. 🔧
• Live Stats: View real-time statistics in a new terminal. 📈
• Logs Monitoring: Follow logs in a new terminal session. 📋
• Inspect Info: View and copy detailed inspection information. 🔍

Installation 🛠️

From GNOME Extensions Page 🌐

You can install this extension directly from the GNOME Extensions page.

From Source 📂

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/rgolangh/gnome-shell-extension-containers
   cd gnome-shell-extension-containers

2. Build and install:

make all

3. Enable the extension:

make enable

Alternatively, enable it via Extensions -> Toggle 'Containers'.

Preferences ⚙

• extra-info Show information about the container, see the screenshot

• terminal The terminal program to use when performing the Show Logs, Watch Top, Open Shell, and Watch Statistics

  Tested values:

  value	notes
  gnome-terminal --	default terminal program for all gnome version till 46, inclusive
  ptyxis --	default terminal program for gnome version from 47 onward
  kitty	no extra arguments needed
  flatpak run app.studiodev.Ptyxis --	Some flatpak environments doesn't have podman on the path
  flatpak run com.gexperts.Tilix -e	Some flatpak environments doesn't have podman on the path

  Note: The value for terminal may not work for you. Please report any working value you have so in time we would have a proper list. There is a system wide gsettings org.gnome.desktop.default-applications.terminal exec but depending on the value different args are needed, as seen from above.

Development / Contributing 🤝

To contribute to the development of this extension:

Clone the repository and make your changes. Debugging: Spin up an inline GNOME Shell session in a dedicated window:

make debug

Contributions are welcome! Please ensure your code follows the project’s style guidelines and is thoroughly tested before submitting a pull request.

Screenshot 📸

License 📜

Apache-2.0 License