docker-cli/docs/reference/commandline/context_ls.md

# context ls

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List contexts

### Aliases

`docker context ls`, `docker context list`

### Options

| Name            | Type     | Default | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|:----------------|:---------|:--------|:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `--format`      | `string` |         | Format output using a custom template:<br>'table':            Print output in table format with column headers (default)<br>'table TEMPLATE':   Print output in table format using the given Go template<br>'json':             Print in JSON format<br>'TEMPLATE':         Print output using the given Go template.<br>Refer to https://docs.docker.com/go/formatting/ for more information about formatting output with templates |
| `-q`, `--quiet` |          |         | Only show context names                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |


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## Examples

Use `docker context ls` to print all contexts. The currently active context is
indicated with an `*`:

```console
$ docker context ls

NAME                DESCRIPTION                               DOCKER ENDPOINT                      ORCHESTRATOR
default *           Current DOCKER_HOST based configuration   unix:///var/run/docker.sock          swarm
production                                                    tcp:///prod.corp.example.com:2376
staging                                                       tcp:///stage.corp.example.com:2376
```