Glances: Cross-Platform System Monitor

Glances is a cross-platform monitoring tool that gives you an eye on your system in the terminal or a web browser.

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Requirement	Glances	Netdata
Architecture	x86 + ARM	x86 + ARM
Price	Free	Free
Containers	1 (app only)	1 (app only)
Database	None	Built-in time series
Runtime	Python	C / Go
Install options	Docker + Linux, macOS, Windows	Docker + Linux, macOS, Windows
Clients	–	iOS Android macOS Windows Linux

Run glances -w and open http://your-host:61208 in a browser. Running plain glances starts the terminal interface instead.

Install it from PyPI with pip install glances. Use pip install glances[all] to add the optional features such as the web server. A Docker image is…

Yes. Glances exposes a RESTful API when you run the web server, and can export stats to files, CSV or external time-series databases.

From version 4.5.1 Glances has a built-in MCP server. Add --enable-mcp when you run the web server to expose it.

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