What parts does Beszel need to run?
Two. The hub is the web dashboard you open in a browser, and an agent runs on every system you want to watch and sends its metrics back to the hub.
Beszel: Lightweight Server Monitoring
Monitor CPU, memory and disk use across your machines from one dashboard. A small agent runs on each system and reports to a hub you host, which adds container stats, alerts and disk health.
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| Requirement | Beszel | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free | Free + Paid | Free | Free | Free |
| Web UI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Architecture | x86 + ARM | x86 + ARM | x86 + ARM | x86 + ARM | x86 + ARM | x86 + ARM |
| Min hardware | Not stated | 1 core · 512 MB RAM | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| Containers | 2Plus beszel-agent | 1The app alone | 1The app alone | 1The app alone | 1The app alone | 1The app alone |
| Database | SQLite | SQLite | SQLite | none | Built-in time series | None |
| Runtime | Go | Go | Go | Go | C / Go | Python |
| Docker | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Linux package | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | – | – | – | – | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | – | – | – | – | Yes | Yes |
| Podman | Yes | – | – | – | – | – |
| iOS | – | – | – | – | Yes | – |
| Android | – | – | – | – | Yes | – |
| macOS | – | – | – | – | Yes | – |
| Windows | – | – | – | – | Yes | – |
| Linux | – | – | – | – | Yes | – |
| Full comparison | This app | Beszel vs Nezha | Beszel vs Pulse | Beszel vs cAdvisor | – | – |
Common questions
Does Beszel work without Docker?
Yes. The hub and the agent are single Go binaries, with install scripts for Linux and FreeBSD, Homebrew for the agent on macOS and Linux, and WinGet or Scoop for the agent on Windows.
How do I back up the Beszel hub?
Use the backup page in the hub's settings, which saves to disk or to S3-compatible storage and can restore from either. You can also stop the hub and copy the whole beszel_data directory.
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