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Glances

Real-time system monitoring dashboard for CPU, memory, disk, network, containers, and more

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Overview

Glances is an open-source system cross-platform monitoring tool that provides real-time monitoring of various system aspects including CPU, memory, disk, network usage, running processes, logged-in users, temperatures, voltages, and fan speeds. It supports container monitoring (Docker, LXC), remote monitoring via web interface or CLI, and includes a built-in MCP server for AI assistant integration. With 33k+ GitHub stars, it's the most popular alternative to top/htop for system monitoring. It can be installed via pip, Docker, or package managers, and supports client/server mode for remote monitoring across multiple machines.

Requirements

Min vCPU
1
Min RAM
256 MB
Min Disk
10 GB
Rec vCPU
2
Rec RAM
1024 MB
Rec Disk
20 GB

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Docker Compose

# Generated by Run This Ai — docker-compose.yml
services:
  glances:
    image: nicolargo/glances:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - 8080:8080
    volumes:
      - ./data/glances:/data

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Guides & articles

How to Monitor Your Servers with Glances (Docker + Web UI)

Learn how to deploy Glances with Docker, set up multi-server monitoring, export metrics to InfluxDB, and use the built-in MCP server for AI assistant integration.

Jun 28, 2026

Glances: The Ultimate Real-Time System Monitoring Dashboard

Glances is the ultimate open-source system monitoring tool — track CPU, memory, disk, network, and containers from a single dashboard. 33k+ GitHub stars.

Jun 28, 2026