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Glances

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Glances is a cross-platform monitoring tool which aims to present a large amount of monitoring information through a curses or Web based interface. The information dynamically adapts depending on the size of the user interface.

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License model

  • Free • Open Source

Application types

Country of Origin

  • FR flagFrance
  • European Union flagEU

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • BSD
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4.5 / 5 Avg rating (2)
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Properties

  1.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Command line interface
  2.  Hardware Monitoring
  3.  Process Monitoring
  4.  Filesystem
  5.  Website Monitoring
  6.  Custom Plugins

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Glances information

  • Developed by

    FR flagNicolas Hennion

  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.

  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.5

  • Alternatives

    65 alternatives listed

  • Supported Languages

    • English

AlternativeTo Categories

OS & Utilities, Network & Admin, System & Hardware

GitHub repository

  •  28,434 Stars
  •  1,578 Forks
  •  191 Open Issues
  •   Updated Apr 24, 2025 
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Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about Glances, and it has gotten 62 likes

Glances was added to AlternativeTo by kafene on Oct 9, 2012 and this page was last updated Mar 29, 2025.

Comments and Reviews

   
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•Dec 10, 2022
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Small footprint with a lot more information than top or htop. I keep this running all the time in a terminal window.

Remco
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•Dec 23, 2021
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The docker plugin is nice because it helps you focus just on containers. Network mode is useful when ad hoc stats on a server are useful

What is Glances?

Glances is a cross-platform monitoring tool which aims to present a large amount of monitoring information through a curses or Web based interface. The information dynamically adapts depending on the size of the user interface.

It can also work in client/server mode. Remote monitoring could be done via terminal, Web interface or API (XML-RPC and RESTful). Stats can also be exported to files or external time/value databases.

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.

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