Glances vs Coroot
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted monitoring & status options
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Compare Glances with
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Compare Coroot with
choose an app… Uptime Kuma Netdata Grafana Prometheus SigNoz InfluxDB Grafana k6 Grafana Loki Apache SkyWalking Beszel Jaeger Kibana OpenObserve cAdvisor VictoriaMetrics Thanos Pinpoint APM HyperDX Hertzbeat Pulse Monitor Zabbix Graphite Cortex Grafana Mimir Monitoror Uptrace Grafana Beyla
Feature Glances Coroot Category Monitoring & Status Monitoring & Status License LGPL-3.0 Apache-2.0 Language Python Go Setup difficulty Easy Medium Min. RAM 128 MB 1,024 MB Deployment docker, bare-metal, binary docker, kubernetes, helm GitHub stars ★ 33,269 ★ 7,866 First released 2012 2022 Replaces Datadog Datadog, New Relic
Why pick each one
Choose Glances if… Very easy to run Lightweight Good single-host overview Glances details Choose Coroot if… No code changes required Insightful out of the box Coroot details
Frequently asked questions Is Glances or Coroot better? Glances is the stronger all-round pick: it has both the larger community and the simpler easy setup. Consider Coroot if its specific feature set fits your needs better.
Are Glances and Coroot free and open-source? Yes. Glances is licensed under LGPL-3.0 and Coroot under Apache-2.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Glances and Coroot with Docker? Glances: yes. Coroot: yes.