diff --git a/App/AppState.swift b/App/AppState.swift
index 97167a2..3fe762b 100644
--- a/App/AppState.swift
+++ b/App/AppState.swift
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ final class AppState {
     private var registry: ProjectRegistry
     private var pollTask: Task<Void, Never>?
     private var panelVisible = false
+    private var sampler = VitalsSampler()
 
     var runningCount: Int { containers.filter { $0.status == .running }.count }
     var isServiceRunning: Bool { serviceStatus == .running }
@@ -93,10 +94,13 @@ final class AppState {
             // Preserve an in-flight container's optimistic status so a poll mid-action
             // doesn't flicker it back to the pre-action state. Carry over last-known memory
             // so vitals don't blink to empty between fetches.
+            // Carry last-known vitals so they don't blink to empty between fetches.
             let priorMemory = Dictionary(containers.map { ($0.id, $0.memoryBytes) }, uniquingKeysWith: { a, _ in a })
+            let priorCPU = Dictionary(containers.map { ($0.id, $0.cpuPercent) }, uniquingKeysWith: { a, _ in a })
             containers = fresh.map { incoming in
                 var c = incoming
-                c.memoryBytes = priorMemory[incoming.id] ?? nil
+                if c.memoryBytes == nil { c.memoryBytes = priorMemory[incoming.id] ?? nil }
+                if c.cpuPercent == nil { c.cpuPercent = priorCPU[incoming.id] ?? nil }
                 if inFlight.contains(incoming.id),
                    let existing = containers.first(where: { $0.id == incoming.id }) {
                     c.status = existing.status
@@ -104,25 +108,36 @@ final class AppState {
                 return c
             }
             reassemble()
-            await fetchMemory()
+            await fetchVitals()
         } catch {
             lastError = describe(error)
         }
     }
 
-    /// Concurrently fetch live memory for running containers, then re-assemble. Best-effort.
-    private func fetchMemory() async {
+    /// Concurrently fetch live memory + CPU for running containers, then re-assemble.
+    /// Best-effort: missing values leave the carried-over value in place.
+    private func fetchVitals() async {
         let engine = containerEngine
         let running = containers.filter { $0.status == .running }.map(\.id)
+        sampler.retain(ids: Set(running))
         guard !running.isEmpty else { return }
-        let results = await withTaskGroup(of: (String, UInt64?).self) { group -> [(String, UInt64?)] in
-            for id in running { group.addTask { (id, await engine.memoryUsage(id: id)) } }
-            var out: [(String, UInt64?)] = []
+
+        let results = await withTaskGroup(of: (String, UInt64?, UInt64?).self) { group -> [(String, UInt64?, UInt64?)] in
+            for id in running {
+                group.addTask { (id, await engine.memoryUsage(id: id), await engine.cpuUsage(id: id)) }
+            }
+            var out: [(String, UInt64?, UInt64?)] = []
             for await r in group { out.append(r) }
             return out
         }
-        for (id, mem) in results {
-            if let idx = containers.firstIndex(where: { $0.id == id }) { containers[idx].memoryBytes = mem }
+
+        let now = Date()
+        for (id, mem, cpuUsec) in results {
+            guard let idx = containers.firstIndex(where: { $0.id == id }) else { continue }
+            if let mem { containers[idx].memoryBytes = mem }
+            if let cpuUsec, let pct = sampler.recordCPU(id: id, cumulativeUsec: cpuUsec, at: now) {
+                containers[idx].cpuPercent = pct
+            }
         }
         reassemble()
     }
diff --git a/App/Shots/MockEngines.swift b/App/Shots/MockEngines.swift
index 99ae5a0..4fcac2a 100644
--- a/App/Shots/MockEngines.swift
+++ b/App/Shots/MockEngines.swift
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ struct MockContainerEngine: ContainerEngine {
     func restart(id: String) async throws {}
     func delete(id: String) async throws {}
     func memoryUsage(id: String) async -> UInt64? { containers.first { $0.id == id }?.memoryBytes }
+    func cpuUsage(id: String) async -> UInt64? { nil }  // cpu% needs sampling; mocks preset cpuPercent
 }
 
 struct MockComposeEngine: ComposeEngine {
diff --git a/App/Shots/ShotRenderer.swift b/App/Shots/ShotRenderer.swift
index 57932d3..478cdde 100644
--- a/App/Shots/ShotRenderer.swift
+++ b/App/Shots/ShotRenderer.swift
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ enum ShotRenderer {
 
         let mb: (Int) -> UInt64 = { UInt64($0) * 1_048_576 }
         let containers = [
-            Container(id: "shop-web", name: "shop-web", image: "docker.io/library/nginx:latest", status: .running, ipAddress: "10.0.1.4", memoryBytes: mb(38)),
-            Container(id: "shop-api", name: "shop-api", image: "ghcr.io/acme/api:1.4", status: .running, ipAddress: "10.0.1.5", memoryBytes: mb(196)),
-            Container(id: "shop-db", name: "shop-db", image: "postgres:17", status: .running, ipAddress: "10.0.1.6", memoryBytes: mb(178)),
-            Container(id: "cache", name: "cache", image: "docker.io/library/redis:7", status: .running, ipAddress: "192.168.64.2", memoryBytes: mb(24)),
+            Container(id: "shop-web", name: "shop-web", image: "docker.io/library/nginx:latest", status: .running, ipAddress: "10.0.1.4", memoryBytes: mb(38), cpuPercent: 2),
+            Container(id: "shop-api", name: "shop-api", image: "ghcr.io/acme/api:1.4", status: .running, ipAddress: "10.0.1.5", memoryBytes: mb(196), cpuPercent: 5),
+            Container(id: "shop-db", name: "shop-db", image: "postgres:17", status: .running, ipAddress: "10.0.1.6", memoryBytes: mb(178), cpuPercent: 1),
+            Container(id: "cache", name: "cache", image: "docker.io/library/redis:7", status: .running, ipAddress: "192.168.64.2", memoryBytes: mb(24), cpuPercent: 3),
             Container(id: "scratch", name: "scratch", image: "docker.io/library/alpine:latest", status: .stopped),
         ]
         let state = AppState(
diff --git a/App/Views/ContainerRow.swift b/App/Views/ContainerRow.swift
index eca28f8..186e66e 100644
--- a/App/Views/ContainerRow.swift
+++ b/App/Views/ContainerRow.swift
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ struct ContainerRow: View {
                 actions
             } else {
                 vitals
+                    .lineLimit(1)
+                    .fixedSize(horizontal: true, vertical: false)  // keep vitals one line; image truncates
             }
         }
         .padding(.vertical, 7)
@@ -51,15 +53,23 @@ struct ContainerRow: View {
     private var vitals: some View {
         switch container.status {
         case .running:
-            HStack(spacing: 5) {
-                if let ip = container.ipAddress {
-                    Text(ip).font(Theme.mono(10)).foregroundStyle(Theme.ip)
-                }
-                if let mem = container.memoryBytes {
-                    if container.ipAddress != nil { Text("·").font(Theme.mono(10)).foregroundStyle(Theme.dim2) }
-                    Text(formatBytes(mem)).font(Theme.mono(10)).foregroundStyle(Theme.dim)
-                } else if container.ipAddress == nil {
-                    Text("alive").font(Theme.mono(10)).foregroundStyle(Theme.jade)
+            let extras = [
+                container.cpuPercent.map { "\(Int($0.rounded()))%" },
+                container.memoryBytes.map(formatBytes),
+            ].compactMap { $0 }
+            if container.ipAddress == nil && extras.isEmpty {
+                Text("alive").font(Theme.mono(10)).foregroundStyle(Theme.jade)
+            } else {
+                HStack(spacing: 4) {
+                    if let ip = container.ipAddress {
+                        Text(ip).font(Theme.mono(10)).foregroundStyle(Theme.ip)
+                    }
+                    ForEach(Array(extras.enumerated()), id: \.offset) { index, value in
+                        if index > 0 || container.ipAddress != nil {
+                            Text("·").font(Theme.mono(10)).foregroundStyle(Theme.dim2)
+                        }
+                        Text(value).font(Theme.mono(10)).foregroundStyle(Theme.dim)
+                    }
                 }
             }
         case .stopped:
diff --git a/ConsaiCore/Sources/ConsaiCore/Engines/Engines.swift b/ConsaiCore/Sources/ConsaiCore/Engines/Engines.swift
index 7c2ea8f..b843404 100644
--- a/ConsaiCore/Sources/ConsaiCore/Engines/Engines.swift
+++ b/ConsaiCore/Sources/ConsaiCore/Engines/Engines.swift
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ public protocol ContainerEngine: Sendable {
     func delete(id: String) async throws
     /// Best-effort live resident memory in bytes; nil if unavailable.
     func memoryUsage(id: String) async -> UInt64?
+    /// Best-effort cumulative CPU time in microseconds (for delta-based CPU%); nil if unavailable.
+    func cpuUsage(id: String) async -> UInt64?
 }
 
 /// Orchestrates compose stacks by shelling out to the `container-compose` CLI.
diff --git a/ConsaiCore/Sources/ConsaiCore/Engines/SDKContainerEngine.swift b/ConsaiCore/Sources/ConsaiCore/Engines/SDKContainerEngine.swift
index 552aaa4..18ac564 100644
--- a/ConsaiCore/Sources/ConsaiCore/Engines/SDKContainerEngine.swift
+++ b/ConsaiCore/Sources/ConsaiCore/Engines/SDKContainerEngine.swift
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ public struct SDKContainerEngine: ContainerEngine {
         try? await ContainerClient().stats(id: id).memoryUsageBytes
     }
 
+    public func cpuUsage(id: String) async -> UInt64? {
+        try? await ContainerClient().stats(id: id).cpuUsageUsec
+    }
+
     // MARK: - Mapping (SDK → Consai)
 
     /// In this SDK the container id *is* its display name (`configuration.id`).
diff --git a/ConsaiCore/Sources/ConsaiCore/Engines/VitalsSampler.swift b/ConsaiCore/Sources/ConsaiCore/Engines/VitalsSampler.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b14453
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ConsaiCore/Sources/ConsaiCore/Engines/VitalsSampler.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import Foundation
+
+/// Turns successive cumulative `cpuUsageUsec` readings into a CPU percentage. Pure, stateful
+/// value type (no I/O) so the sampling logic lives in the domain layer and is unit-testable,
+/// instead of as ad-hoc state inside the view model.
+public struct VitalsSampler: Sendable {
+    private struct Sample { let usec: UInt64; let at: Date }
+    private var samples: [String: Sample] = [:]
+
+    public init() {}
+
+    /// Record a cumulative cpu-usec reading at `now`; returns CPU% versus the previous
+    /// reading for `id`, or nil on the first reading (no window yet).
+    public mutating func recordCPU(id: String, cumulativeUsec: UInt64, at now: Date) -> Double? {
+        defer { samples[id] = Sample(usec: cumulativeUsec, at: now) }
+        guard let previous = samples[id] else { return nil }
+        return cpuPercent(
+            previousUsec: previous.usec,
+            currentUsec: cumulativeUsec,
+            elapsedSeconds: now.timeIntervalSince(previous.at)
+        )
+    }
+
+    /// Drop samples for ids no longer present (e.g. stopped/removed containers).
+    public mutating func retain(ids: Set<String>) {
+        samples = samples.filter { ids.contains($0.key) }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ConsaiCore/Sources/ConsaiCore/Models/Models.swift b/ConsaiCore/Sources/ConsaiCore/Models/Models.swift
index 98da9a1..9318748 100644
--- a/ConsaiCore/Sources/ConsaiCore/Models/Models.swift
+++ b/ConsaiCore/Sources/ConsaiCore/Models/Models.swift
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ public struct Container: Identifiable, Hashable, Sendable {
     public var ipAddress: String?
     /// Live resident memory in bytes (best-effort; nil until fetched / when stopped).
     public var memoryBytes: UInt64?
+    /// Live CPU percentage (total across cores; nil until two samples are available).
+    public var cpuPercent: Double?
     public var labels: [String: String]
 
     public init(
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ public struct Container: Identifiable, Hashable, Sendable {
         status: ContainerStatus,
         ipAddress: String? = nil,
         memoryBytes: UInt64? = nil,
+        cpuPercent: Double? = nil,
         labels: [String: String] = [:]
     ) {
         self.id = id
@@ -33,10 +36,20 @@ public struct Container: Identifiable, Hashable, Sendable {
         self.status = status
         self.ipAddress = ipAddress
         self.memoryBytes = memoryBytes
+        self.cpuPercent = cpuPercent
         self.labels = labels
     }
 }
 
+/// CPU percentage from two cumulative `cpuUsageUsec` samples over an elapsed wall-clock
+/// window. Total across cores (can exceed 100% on multi-core). Pure for testing.
+public func cpuPercent(previousUsec: UInt64, currentUsec: UInt64, elapsedSeconds: Double) -> Double? {
+    guard elapsedSeconds > 0, currentUsec >= previousUsec else { return nil }
+    let deltaUsec = Double(currentUsec - previousUsec)
+    let windowUsec = elapsedSeconds * 1_000_000
+    return (deltaUsec / windowUsec) * 100
+}
+
 /// Human-readable byte formatting for vitals ("178 MB", "1.0 GB").
 public func formatBytes(_ bytes: UInt64) -> String {
     let mb = Double(bytes) / 1_048_576
diff --git a/ConsaiCore/Tests/ConsaiCoreTests/VitalsTests.swift b/ConsaiCore/Tests/ConsaiCoreTests/VitalsTests.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68437d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ConsaiCore/Tests/ConsaiCoreTests/VitalsTests.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import Testing
+import Foundation
+@testable import ConsaiCore
+
+@Suite struct VitalsTests {
+
+    @Test func cpuPercentComputesFromDelta() {
+        #expect(cpuPercent(previousUsec: 0, currentUsec: 1_000_000, elapsedSeconds: 1) == 100)
+        #expect(cpuPercent(previousUsec: 0, currentUsec: 500_000, elapsedSeconds: 1) == 50)
+        #expect(cpuPercent(previousUsec: 0, currentUsec: 2_000_000, elapsedSeconds: 1) == 200) // multi-core
+    }
+
+    @Test func cpuPercentGuardsInvalidInputs() {
+        #expect(cpuPercent(previousUsec: 0, currentUsec: 100, elapsedSeconds: 0) == nil)   // no window
+        #expect(cpuPercent(previousUsec: 100, currentUsec: 0, elapsedSeconds: 1) == nil)   // counter reset
+    }
+
+    @Test func samplerFirstReadingIsNilThenComputes() {
+        var sampler = VitalsSampler()
+        #expect(sampler.recordCPU(id: "a", cumulativeUsec: 1_000_000, at: Date(timeIntervalSince1970: 0)) == nil)
+        #expect(sampler.recordCPU(id: "a", cumulativeUsec: 1_500_000, at: Date(timeIntervalSince1970: 1)) == 50)
+    }
+
+    @Test func samplerRetainDropsOthers() {
+        var sampler = VitalsSampler()
+        let t0 = Date(timeIntervalSince1970: 0)
+        _ = sampler.recordCPU(id: "a", cumulativeUsec: 0, at: t0)
+        _ = sampler.recordCPU(id: "b", cumulativeUsec: 0, at: t0)
+        sampler.retain(ids: ["a"])
+        let t1 = Date(timeIntervalSince1970: 1)
+        #expect(sampler.recordCPU(id: "b", cumulativeUsec: 1_000_000, at: t1) == nil)   // dropped → first again
+        #expect(sampler.recordCPU(id: "a", cumulativeUsec: 1_000_000, at: t1) == 100)   // retained → computes
+    }
+}
diff --git a/docs/screenshots/panel.png b/docs/screenshots/panel.png
index 80a8867..dbec232 100644
Binary files a/docs/screenshots/panel.png and b/docs/screenshots/panel.png differ
diff --git a/scripts/bundle.sh b/scripts/bundle.sh
index 9f45866..f181f1a 100755
--- a/scripts/bundle.sh
+++ b/scripts/bundle.sh
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ CONFIG="${1:-release}"
 ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd)"
 cd "$ROOT"
 
-echo "▸ Building Consai ($CONFIG, arm64)…"
+echo "Building Consai (${CONFIG}, arm64)..."
 swift build -c "$CONFIG" --arch arm64
 
 BIN="$ROOT/.build/release/Consai"
 [ "$CONFIG" = debug ] && BIN="$ROOT/.build/debug/Consai"
 
 APP="$ROOT/Consai.app"
-echo "▸ Assembling $APP…"
+echo "Assembling ${APP} ..."
 rm -rf "$APP"
 mkdir -p "$APP/Contents/MacOS" "$APP/Contents/Resources"
 cp "$BIN" "$APP/Contents/MacOS/Consai"
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ cp "$ROOT/App/Info.plist" "$APP/Contents/Info.plist"
 [ -f "$ROOT/App/Resources/AppIcon.icns" ] && cp "$ROOT/App/Resources/AppIcon.icns" "$APP/Contents/Resources/AppIcon.icns"
 
 # Ad-hoc sign so Gatekeeper/launch accepts it locally (real releases: Developer ID + notarize).
-echo "▸ Ad-hoc signing…"
+echo "Ad-hoc signing..."
 codesign --force --deep --sign - "$APP"
 
-echo "✓ Built $APP"
-echo "  Run:  open '$APP'   (or: '$APP/Contents/MacOS/Consai')"
+echo "Built ${APP}"
+echo "Run: open '${APP}'   (or '${APP}/Contents/MacOS/Consai')"