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cAdvisor

Container resource usage and performance analysis

Monitoring & Status ★ 19.3k stars Easy setup Apache-2.0

cAdvisor provides container users with an understanding of the resource usage and performance characteristics of their running containers. It exposes per-container CPU, memory, network, and filesystem metrics.

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Key features

  • Per-container resource metrics
  • Live web UI
  • Prometheus metrics export
  • Auto-discovers containers

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Zero configuration
  • Lightweight

Trade-offs

  • Limited historical retention
  • Best paired with Prometheus

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