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glances

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Glances an Eye on your system. A top/htop alternative for GNU/Linux, BSD, Mac OS and Windows operating systems.

How to install glances

pip install glances

glances use case

Real-time system monitoring and performance analysis via terminal or web interface, with optional REST API access.

When to use glances

  • Continuous monitoring of CPU, memory, disk, network, and processes on a local or remote system
  • Exporting live system metrics to external tools or dashboards via its built-in REST API
  • Quickly assessing system health without installing complex monitoring stacks

When not to use glances

  • One-off quick checks where simpler tools like top or htop suffice
  • Long-term historical data collection or trend analysis (not a time-series database)
  • Monitoring a large number of distributed systems without additional orchestration

glances features

  • · Cross-platform support (Linux, macOS, Windows, BSD)
  • · Terminal-based and web-based interfaces
  • · Built-in REST API for programmatic access
  • · Extensible plugin system for custom metrics

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