diff --git a/containers.go b/containers.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca131dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/containers.go
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+type Container struct {
+	Id      string
+	Image   string
+	Names   []string
+	Ports   []map[string]interface{}
+	Created int64
+	Status  string
+	Command string
+}
+
+type ContainersCommand struct {
+	Dot        bool `short:"d" long:"dot" description:"Show container information as Graphviz dot."`
+	NoTruncate bool `short:"n" long:"no-trunc" description:"Don't truncate the container IDs."`
+}
+
+var containersCommand ContainersCommand
+
+func (x *ContainersCommand) Execute(args []string) error {
+
+	// read in stdin
+	stdin, err := ioutil.ReadAll(os.Stdin)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error reading all input", err)
+	}
+
+	containers, err := parseContainersJSON(stdin)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if containersCommand.Dot {
+		fmt.Printf(jsonContainersToDot(containers))
+	} else {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Please specify --dot")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func parseContainersJSON(rawJSON []byte) (*[]Container, error) {
+
+	var containers []Container
+	err := json.Unmarshal(rawJSON, &containers)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error reading JSON: ", err)
+	}
+
+	return &containers, nil
+}
+
+func jsonContainersToDot(containers *[]Container) string {
+
+	var buffer bytes.Buffer
+	buffer.WriteString("digraph docker {\n")
+
+	for _, container := range *containers {
+
+		var containerName string
+
+		for _, name := range container.Names {
+			if strings.Count(name, "/") == 1 {
+				containerName = name[1:]
+			}
+		}
+		for _, name := range container.Names {
+			nameParts := strings.Split(name, "/")
+			if len(nameParts) > 2 {
+				buffer.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(" \"%s\" -> \"%s\" [label = \" %s\" ]\n", containerName, nameParts[1], nameParts[len(nameParts)-1]))
+
+			}
+		}
+
+		var containerBackground string
+		if strings.Contains(container.Status, "Exited") {
+			containerBackground = "lightgrey"
+		} else {
+			containerBackground = "paleturquoise"
+		}
+
+		buffer.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(" \"%s\" [label=\"%s\\n%s\",shape=box,fillcolor=\"%s\",style=\"filled,rounded\"];\n", containerName, containerName, truncate(container.Id), containerBackground))
+	}
+
+	buffer.WriteString("}\n")
+
+	return buffer.String()
+}
+
+func init() {
+	parser.AddCommand("containers",
+		"Visualize docker containers.",
+		"",
+		&containersCommand)
+}
diff --git a/images.go b/images.go
index 39ad648..46800a5 100644
--- a/images.go
+++ b/images.go
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ func (x *ImagesCommand) Execute(args []string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error reading all input", err)
 	}
 
-	images, err := parseJSON(stdin)
+	images, err := parseImagesJSON(stdin)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	if imagesCommand.Dot {
 		fmt.Printf(jsonToDot(images))
@@ -157,7 +160,7 @@ func truncate(id string) string {
 	return id[0:12]
 }
 
-func parseJSON(rawJSON []byte) (*[]Image, error) {
+func parseImagesJSON(rawJSON []byte) (*[]Image, error) {
 
 	var images []Image
 	err := json.Unmarshal(rawJSON, &images)
diff --git a/images_test.go b/images_test.go
index 5a6dace..29b6323 100644
--- a/images_test.go
+++ b/images_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ type TreeTest struct {
 }
 
 func Test_BadJSON(t *testing.T) {
-	_, err := parseJSON([]byte(` "VirtualSize": 662553464, "Size": 662553464, "RepoTags": [ "<none>:<none>" ], "ParentId": "", "Id": "4c1208b690c68af3476b437e7bc2bcc460f062bda2094d2d8f21a7e70368d358", "Created": 1386114144 }]`))
+	_, err := parseImagesJSON([]byte(` "VirtualSize": 662553464, "Size": 662553464, "RepoTags": [ "<none>:<none>" ], "ParentId": "", "Id": "4c1208b690c68af3476b437e7bc2bcc460f062bda2094d2d8f21a7e70368d358", "Created": 1386114144 }]`))
 
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Error("invalid json did not cause an error")
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func Test_Dot(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, dotTest := range dotTests {
-		im, _ := parseJSON([]byte(dotTest.json))
+		im, _ := parseImagesJSON([]byte(dotTest.json))
 		result := jsonToDot(im)
 
 		for _, regexp := range allRegex {
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func Test_Tree(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, treeTest := range treeTests {
-		im, _ := parseJSON([]byte(treeTest.json))
+		im, _ := parseImagesJSON([]byte(treeTest.json))
 		result := jsonToTree(im, treeTest.startImage, treeTest.noTrunc)
 
 		for _, regexp := range compileRegexps(t, treeTest.regexps) {
diff --git a/sample/containers.json b/sample/containers.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a29fdd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample/containers.json
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+[
+  {
+    "Status": "Exited (0) 9 seconds ago",
+    "Ports": [],
+    "Names": [
+      "/application2"
+    ],
+    "Image": "ubuntu:12.10",
+    "Id": "878602c44611115d52118edeb768fc62de8cfed8c3bdb8c5cd2e149cb1c20afa",
+    "Created": 1399985983,
+    "Command": "/bin/bash"
+  },
+  {
+    "Status": "Up 2 minutes",
+    "Ports": [],
+    "Names": [
+      "/application"
+    ],
+    "Image": "ubuntu:12.10",
+    "Id": "6a2fa6a3c2d43738a1b850a17b3da212970efce83d119da2707177d1e506567f",
+    "Created": 1399985012,
+    "Command": "/bin/bash"
+  },
+  {
+    "Status": "Up 4 minutes",
+    "Ports": [
+      {
+        "Type": "tcp",
+        "PublicPort": 6379
+      }
+    ],
+    "Names": [
+      "/application/db",
+      "/application2/db",
+      "/redis"
+    ],
+    "Image": "redis:latest",
+    "Id": "5d7e818a4ea3cf01bdf5e1fdaebf645e11469ba0e55a506cde31834732766421",
+    "Created": 1399984760,
+    "Command": "/usr/bin/redis-server"
+  }
+]