PUTER-STOP(1) Puter Manual PUTER-STOP(1)

puter-stop - stop a VM

puter stop [options] name

Stop a running VM. By default, sends an ACPI shutdown signal and waits for the guest to shut down gracefully.

Force kill the VM immediately without waiting for graceful shutdown.

Gracefully stop a VM:

$ puter stop myvm

Force kill a VM:

$ puter stop --force myvm

puter-start(1), puter-list(1), puter-delete(1)

2026-03-02 puter