diff --git a/doxy/cli.py b/doxy/cli.py
index b612d27..9826e4e 100644
--- a/doxy/cli.py
+++ b/doxy/cli.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import click
+from click_aliases import ClickAliasedGroup
 
 from doxy import output
 from doxy.config import Config
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ def complete_service_name(ctx, param, incomplete):
     ]
 
 
-@click.group()
+@click.group(cls=ClickAliasedGroup)
 @click.option(
     "--format",
     "-f",
@@ -44,13 +45,13 @@ def main(ctx, format):
     ctx.obj["FORMAT"] = format.lower()
 
 
-@click.command(help="list available services")
+@main.command(help="list available services", aliases=["l", "ls"])
 @click.pass_context
 def list(ctx):
     output.print_services(ctx, find_services(Path(CONFIG.root_directory)))
 
 
-@click.command(help="edit the compose file")
+@main.command(help="edit the compose file")
 @click.argument("service", nargs=1, shell_complete=complete_service_name)
 @click.pass_context
 @only_if_service_exists
@@ -60,11 +61,12 @@ def edit(ctx, service):
     click.edit(filename=Path(compose_file))
 
 
-@click.command(
+@main.command(
     context_settings=dict(
         ignore_unknown_options=True,
     ),
     help="run docker-compose commands",
+    aliases=["c", "ctrl"],
 )
 @click.argument("service", nargs=1, shell_complete=complete_service_name)
 @click.argument("command", nargs=-1)
@@ -76,7 +78,9 @@ def control(ctx, service, command):
     docker_compose_command(command, compose_file)
 
 
-@click.command(help="pull the latest service images and restart")
+@main.command(
+    help="pull the latest service images and restart", aliases=["upd", "sync"]
+)
 @click.argument("service", nargs=1, shell_complete=complete_service_name)
 @click.option(
     "--remove", "-r", is_flag=True, default=False, help="remove unused volumes"
@@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ def update(ctx, service, remove):
         docker_compose_command(command, compose_file)
 
 
-@click.command(help="show service status (ps, top)")
+@main.command(help="show service status (ps, top)", aliases=["stat", "info"])
 @click.argument("service", nargs=1, shell_complete=complete_service_name)
 @click.pass_context
 @only_if_service_exists
@@ -108,8 +112,3 @@ def status(ctx, service):
     for title, command in command_chain.items():
         output.print_header(ctx, title)
         docker_compose_command(command, compose_file)
-
-
-availble_commands = (list, edit, control, update, status)
-for command in availble_commands:
-    main.add_command(command)
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index c8f6b5a..baeb868 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -57,6 +57,20 @@ python-versions = ">=3.7"
 [package.dependencies]
 colorama = {version = "*", markers = "platform_system == \"Windows\""}
 
+[[package]]
+name = "click-aliases"
+version = "1.0.1"
+description = "Enable aliases for Click"
+category = "main"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "*"
+
+[package.dependencies]
+click = "*"
+
+[package.extras]
+dev = ["flake8", "flake8-import-order", "tox-travis", "pytest", "pytest-cov", "coveralls", "wheel"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "colorama"
 version = "0.4.6"
@@ -392,7 +406,7 @@ pyyaml = "*"
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "1.1"
 python-versions = "^3.10"
-content-hash = "698ee4791e8a998102d745734040bd0dab5ee606cf879c693327e0090f843e16"
+content-hash = "4ed74e41dc0ada0fbb79ee4b58a75bb4007ba8a955f726711755cbd96cbe6445"
 
 [metadata.files]
 atomicwrites = []
@@ -407,6 +421,7 @@ click = [
     {file = "click-8.1.3-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:bb4d8133cb15a609f44e8213d9b391b0809795062913b383c62be0ee95b1db48"},
     {file = "click-8.1.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:7682dc8afb30297001674575ea00d1814d808d6a36af415a82bd481d37ba7b8e"},
 ]
+click-aliases = []
 colorama = []
 commonmark = [
     {file = "commonmark-0.9.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:da2f38c92590f83de410ba1a3cbceafbc74fee9def35f9251ba9a971d6d66fd9"},
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 00fea8c..c24828c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ rich = "^13.0.1"
 yamldataclassconfig = "^1.5.0"
 semver = "^2.13.0"
 requests = "^2.28.2"
+click-aliases = "^1.0.1"
 
 [tool.poetry.scripts]
 doxy = "doxy.cli:main"