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page_title: 'Commands: namespace list'
sidebar_title: list
description: |
  The namespace list command is used to list namespaces.
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# Command: namespace list

The `namespace list` command is used list available namespaces.

~> Namespaces are open source in Nomad 1.0. Namespaces were Enterprise-only
   when introduced in Nomad 0.7.

## Usage

```plaintext
nomad namespace list [options]
```

The `namespace list` command requires no arguments.

## General Options

@include 'general_options.mdx'

## List Options

- `-json` : Output the namespaces in their JSON format.

- `-t` : Format and display the namespaces using a Go template.

## Examples

List all namespaces:

```shell-session
$ nomad namespace list
Name      Description
default   Default shared namespace
api-prod  Production instances of backend API servers
api-qa    QA instances of backend API servers
web-prod  Production instances of webservers
web-qa    QA instances of webservers
```