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Glances

Cross-platform system monitoring at a glance

Monitoring & Status ★ 33.3k stars Easy setup LGPL-3.0

Glances is a cross-platform system monitoring tool that presents a wide range of host metrics in a terminal or web view. It targets administrators wanting a quick overview of a single machine. It is deployed via Docker, pip, or packages.

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Key features

  • Terminal and web monitoring views
  • Wide range of metrics
  • REST API and exporters
  • Cross-platform support

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Very easy to run
  • Lightweight
  • Good single-host overview

Trade-offs

  • Best for one host at a time
  • Limited history

Glances replaces

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