diff --git a/pkg/api/provider.go b/pkg/api/provider.go
index 46cba47..7717458 100644
--- a/pkg/api/provider.go
+++ b/pkg/api/provider.go
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ func (p *ProcessProvider) Describe() []api.RouteDescription {
 			Method:      "GET",
 			Path:        "/processes",
 			Summary:     "List managed processes",
-			Description: "Returns the current process service snapshot as serialisable process info entries.",
+			Description: "Returns the current process service snapshot as serialisable process info entries. Pass runningOnly=true to limit results to active processes.",
 			Tags:        []string{"process"},
 			Response: map[string]any{
 				"type": "array",
@@ -459,6 +459,9 @@ func (p *ProcessProvider) listProcesses(c *gin.Context) {
 	}
 
 	procs := p.service.List()
+	if runningOnly, _ := strconv.ParseBool(c.Query("runningOnly")); runningOnly {
+		procs = p.service.Running()
+	}
 	infos := make([]process.Info, 0, len(procs))
 	for _, proc := range procs {
 		infos = append(infos, proc.Info())
diff --git a/pkg/api/provider_test.go b/pkg/api/provider_test.go
index 9fc6bfe..165910b 100644
--- a/pkg/api/provider_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api/provider_test.go
@@ -277,6 +277,38 @@ func TestProcessProvider_ListProcesses_Good(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "echo", resp.Data[0].Command)
 }
 
+func TestProcessProvider_ListProcesses_RunningOnly_Good(t *testing.T) {
+	svc := newTestProcessService(t)
+
+	runningProc, err := svc.Start(context.Background(), "sleep", "60")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	exitedProc, err := svc.Start(context.Background(), "echo", "done")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	<-exitedProc.Done()
+
+	p := processapi.NewProvider(nil, svc, nil)
+	r := setupRouter(p)
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "/api/process/processes?runningOnly=true", nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	r.ServeHTTP(w, req)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, w.Code)
+
+	var resp goapi.Response[[]process.Info]
+	err = json.Unmarshal(w.Body.Bytes(), &resp)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.True(t, resp.Success)
+	require.Len(t, resp.Data, 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, runningProc.ID, resp.Data[0].ID)
+	assert.Equal(t, process.StatusRunning, resp.Data[0].Status)
+
+	require.NoError(t, svc.Kill(runningProc.ID))
+	<-runningProc.Done()
+}
+
 func TestProcessProvider_GetProcess_Good(t *testing.T) {
 	svc := newTestProcessService(t)
 	proc, err := svc.Start(context.Background(), "echo", "single")