Pulse Monitor
Self-hosted monitoring of Proxmox and infrastructure
Pulse is a self-hosted monitoring application focused on Proxmox VE and PBS environments, surfacing node, VM, and backup health. It provides real-time dashboards and alerting.
Key features
- Proxmox monitoring
- VM and node health
- Backup status
- Real-time dashboards
Strengths
- Released under the MIT license
- Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Mature project with 6.5k GitHub stars
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