parallax

A terminal UI for managing containers across multiple runtimes.

Features

• Lists containers from systemd-nspawn, Podman (systemd-managed via virtualisation.oci-containers), and Docker in a single view
• Start and stop containers with s
• Open an interactive shell inside any running container with Enter
• Live status detail pane — shows machinectl status, podman inspect, or docker inspect output for the selected container
• Automatic refresh every second
• Scales to any terminal size

Container runtimes

Badge	Runtime	Detection method
[S]	systemd-nspawn	container@*.service units
[P]	Podman (systemd)	podman-*.service units
[D]	Docker	docker ps

Installation

NixOS

Add to your flake inputs:

inputs.parallax.url = "git+https://codeberg.org/blckr/parallax";

Then add to environment.systemPackages:

inputs.parallax.packages.${system}.default

Run without installing

nix run git+https://codeberg.org/blckr/parallax

Temporary install (current shell only)

nix shell git+https://codeberg.org/blckr/parallax