podman-images - Man Page

List images in local storage

Examples (TL;DR)

tldr.sh

Synopsis

podman images [options] [image]

podman image list [options] [image]

podman image ls [options] [image]

Description

Displays locally stored images, their names, and their IDs.

Options

--all, -a

Show all images (by default filter out the intermediate image layers). The default is false.

--digests

Show image digests

--filter, -f=filter

Provide filter values.

The filters argument format is of key=value or key!=value. If there is more than one filter, then pass multiple OPTIONS: --filter foo=bar --filter bif=baz.

Supported filters:

FilterDescription
idFilter by image ID.
beforeFilter by images created before the given IMAGE (name or tag).
containersFilter by images with a running container.
danglingFilter by dangling (unused) images.
digestFilter by digest.
intermediateFilter by images that are dangling and have no children
labelFilter by images with (or without, in the case of label!=[...] is used) the specified labels.
manifestFilter by images that are manifest lists.
readonlyFilter by read-only or read/write images.
referenceFilter by image name.
after/sinceFilter by images created after the given IMAGE (name or tag).
untilFilter by images created until the given duration or time.

The id filter accepts the image ID string.

The before filter accepts formats: <image-name>[:<tag>], <image id> or <image@digest>.

The containers filter shows images that have a running container based on that image.

The dangling filter shows images that are taking up disk space and serve no purpose. Dangling image is a file system layer that was used in a previous build of an image and is no longer referenced by any image. They are denoted with the <none> tag, consume disk space and serve no active purpose.

The digest filter accepts the image digest string.

The intermediate filter shows images that are dangling and have no children.

The label filter accepts two formats. One is the label=key or label=key=value, which shows images with the specified labels. The other format is the label!=key or label!=key=value, which shows images without the specified labels.

The manifest filter shows images that are manifest lists.

The readonly filter shows, as a default, both read-only and read/write images. Read-only images can be configured by modifying the  additionalimagestores in the /etc/containers/storage.conf file.

The reference filter accepts the pattern of an image reference <image-name>[:<tag>].

The after or since filter accepts formats: <image-name>[:<tag>], <image id> or <image@digest>.

The until filter accepts formats: golang duration, RFC3339 time, or a Unix timestamp and shows all images that are created until that time.

--format=format

Change the default output format.  This can be of a supported type like 'json' or a Go template. Valid placeholders for the Go template are listed below:

PlaceholderDescription
.ContainersNumber of containers using this image
.CreatedElapsed time since the image was created
.CreatedAtTime when the image was created, YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS +nnnn
.CreatedSinceSame as .Created
.CreatedTimeSame as .CreatedAt
.DanglingSame as .IsDangling
.DigestImage digest
.HistoryHistory of the image layer
.IDImage ID (truncated)
.IdImage ID (full SHA)
.IsDanglingIs image dangling? (true/false)
.IsReadOnlyIs unage read-only? (true/false)
.Labels ...map[] of labels
.NamesImage FQIN
.ParentIdFull SHA of parent image ID, or null (string)
.ReadOnlySame as .IsReadOnly
.RepoDigestsmap[] of zero or more repo/name@sha256:SHA strings
.RepositoryImage repository
.RepoTagsmap[] of zero or more FQIN strings for this image
.SharedSizeAlways seems to be 0
.SizeSize of layer on disk (human-friendly string)
.TagImage tag
.VirtualSizeSize of layer on disk (bytes)

--history

Display the history of image names.  If an image gets re-tagged or untagged, then the image name history gets prepended (latest image first).  This is especially useful when undoing a tag operation or an image does not contain any name because it has been untagged.

--no-trunc

Do not truncate the output (default false).

--noheading, -n

Omit the table headings from the listing.

--quiet, -q

Lists only the image IDs.

--sort=sort

Sort by created, id, repository, size or tag (default: created) When sorting by repository it also sorts by the tag as second criteria to provide a stable output.

Example

List all non-dangling images in local storage:

$ podman images
REPOSITORY                         TAG         IMAGE ID      CREATED       SIZE
quay.io/podman/stable              latest      e0b7dabc3352  22 hours ago  331 MB
docker.io/library/alpine           latest      9c6f07244728  5 days ago    5.83 MB
registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora  latest      2ecb6df95994  3 weeks ago   169 MB
quay.io/libpod/testimage           20220615    f26aa69bb3f3  2 months ago  8.4 MB

List all images matching the specified name:

$ podman images stable
REPOSITORY             TAG         IMAGE ID      CREATED       SIZE
quay.io/podman/stable  latest      e0b7dabc3352  22 hours ago  331 MB

List image ids of all images in containers storage:

# podman image ls --quiet
e3d42bcaf643
ebb91b73692b
4526339ae51c

List all images without showing the headers:

# podman images --noheading
docker.io/kubernetes/pause                   latest   e3d42bcaf643   3 years ago   251 kB
<none>                                       <none>   ebb91b73692b   4 weeks ago   27.2 MB
docker.io/library/ubuntu                     latest   4526339ae51c   6 weeks ago   126 MB

List all images without truncating output:

# podman image list --no-trunc
REPOSITORY                                   TAG      IMAGE ID                                                                  CREATED       SIZE
docker.io/kubernetes/pause                   latest   sha256:e3d42bcaf643097dd1bb0385658ae8cbe100a80f773555c44690d22c25d16b27   3 years ago   251 kB
<none>                                       <none>   sha256:ebb91b73692bd27890685846412ae338d13552165eacf7fcd5f139bfa9c2d6d9   4 weeks ago   27.2 MB
docker.io/library/ubuntu                     latest   sha256:4526339ae51c3cdc97956a7a961c193c39dfc6bd9733b0d762a36c6881b5583a   6 weeks ago   126 MB

List all image content with the formatted content:

# podman images --format "table {{.ID}} {{.Repository}} {{.Tag}}"
IMAGE ID       REPOSITORY                                   TAG
e3d42bcaf643   docker.io/kubernetes/pause                   latest
ebb91b73692b   <none>                                       <none>
4526339ae51c   docker.io/library/ubuntu                     latest

List any image that is not tagged with a name (dangling):

# podman images --filter dangling=true
REPOSITORY   TAG      IMAGE ID       CREATED       SIZE
<none>       <none>   ebb91b73692b   4 weeks ago   27.2 MB

List all images in JSON format:

# podman images --format json
[
    {
	"id": "e3d42bcaf643097dd1bb0385658ae8cbe100a80f773555c44690d22c25d16b27",
	"names": [
	    "docker.io/kubernetes/pause:latest"
	],
	"digest": "sha256:0aecf73ff86844324847883f2e916d3f6984c5fae3c2f23e91d66f549fe7d423",
	"created": "2014-07-19T07:02:32.267701596Z",
	"size": 250665
    },
    {
	"id": "ebb91b73692bd27890685846412ae338d13552165eacf7fcd5f139bfa9c2d6d9",
	"names": [
	    "\u003cnone\u003e"
	],
	"digest": "sha256:ba7e4091d27e8114a205003ca6a768905c3395d961624a2c78873d9526461032",
	"created": "2017-10-26T03:07:22.796184288Z",
	"size": 27170520
    },
    {
	"id": "4526339ae51c3cdc97956a7a961c193c39dfc6bd9733b0d762a36c6881b5583a",
	"names": [
	    "docker.io/library/ubuntu:latest"
	],
	"digest": "sha256:193f7734ddd68e0fb24ba9af8c2b673aecb0227b026871f8e932dab45add7753",
	"created": "2017-10-10T20:59:05.10196344Z",
	"size": 126085200
    }
]

List all images sorted by the specified column:

# podman images --sort repository
REPOSITORY                                   TAG      IMAGE ID       CREATED       SIZE
<none>                                      <none>   2460217d76fc   About a minute ago   4.41 MB
docker.io/library/alpine                    latest   3fd9065eaf02   5 months ago         4.41 MB
localhost/myapp                             latest   b2e0ad03474a   About a minute ago   4.41 MB
registry.access.redhat.com/rhel7            latest   7a840db7f020   2 weeks ago          211 MB
registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora           27       801894bc0e43   6 weeks ago          246 MB

Show the difference between listed images in use versus all images, including dangling images:

# podman images
REPOSITORY                 TAG      IMAGE ID       CREATED         SIZE
localhost/test             latest   18f0c080cd72   4 seconds ago   4.42 MB
docker.io/library/alpine   latest   3fd9065eaf02   5 months ago    4.41 MB
# podman images -a
REPOSITORY                 TAG      IMAGE ID       CREATED         SIZE
localhost/test             latest   18f0c080cd72   6 seconds ago   4.42 MB
<none>                     <none>   270e70dc54c0   7 seconds ago   4.42 MB
<none>                     <none>   4ed6fbe43414   8 seconds ago   4.41 MB
<none>                     <none>   6b0df8e71508   8 seconds ago   4.41 MB
docker.io/library/alpine   latest   3fd9065eaf02   5 months ago    4.41 MB

See Also

podman(1), containers-storage.conf(5)

Troubleshooting

See podman-troubleshooting(7) for solutions to common issues.

History

March 2017, Originally compiled by Dan Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>

Referenced By

podman(1), podman-image(1), podman-image-prune(1), podman-remote(1), toolbox-list(1).

The man pages docker-image-list(1), podman-image-list(1) and podman-image-ls(1) are aliases of podman-images(1).