glances

Glances is an open-source system cross-platform monitoring tool. It allows real-time monitoring of

• CPU, memory, disk, network usage
• Running processes and logged in users
• Temperatures, votages and fan speeds
• Containers through Docker and LXC

The information is presented in an easy to read dashboard and can also be used for remote monitoring of systems via a web interface or command line interface. It is easy to install and use and can be customized to show only the information that you are interested in.

Stats can also be exported to files or external time/value databases, CSV, JSON or direct output to STDOUT.

• files: CSV and JSON
• databases: InfluxDB, ElasticSearch, PostgreSQL/TimeScale, Cassandra, CouchDB, OpenTSDB, Prometheus, StatsD, Riemann and Graphite
• brokers: RabbitMQ/ActiveMQ, NATS, ZeroMQ and Kafka

AI assistants (Claude, Cursor, …) can query Glances directly through the built-in MCP server.

Glances is written in Python and uses libraries to grab information from your system. It is based on an open architecture where developers can add new plugins or exports modules.