Glances

6.9easy start · #15 of 58
in Hardware Monitoring Software

Free to practise onyes
Free trialnot on record
Well documentedyes
Runs where you workyes

Runs on Android, api, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows.

Glances is ranked #15 of 58 in hardware monitoring software on The Geeks Club. It runs on Android, API, Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web, Windows. There is a free plan.

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Glances Free Open source system monitoring tool; optional features require extra dependencies github.com · 29 Sept 2026

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Supported platforms: Linux, BSD, macOS, Windows, Android, Web, API, Self-hosted

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What it does: Glances is an open-source, cross-platform system monitoring tool for real-time system statistics and running processes.
Monitoring: Its listed monitoring features include CPU, memory, load, processes, network, disk I/O, sensors, filesystems, containers, alerts and uptime.
Remote access: Client/server mode supports remote monitoring through a terminal, Web interface or API.
Web interface: The built-in Web UI lets users monitor a system from a device with a browser.
APIs: Glances provides XML-RPC and RESTful JSON APIs, and its Web server mode exposes a REST API.
AI integration: Glances 4.5.1 and higher can provide an MCP server for AI assistants.
Exports: Statistics can be exported to CSV and JSON files, databases including InfluxDB and Prometheus, brokers including RabbitMQ and Kafka, or a REST endpoint.
Containers: The project documents monitoring support for Docker and Podman, and describes Docker and LXC container monitoring in its README.
Platforms: The project documents GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, macOS and Windows support; it also gives installation instructions for rooted Android devices using Termux.
Deployment: Glances can be installed with pip, pipx, Homebrew or Linux and FreeBSD packages, and Docker images are available.
Requirements: Glances 4 requires Python 3.10 or higher; version 4 and higher do not support Python 2 or Python earlier than 3.10.
Optional dependencies: The README says Glances is installed without Web interface dependencies by default and lists separate extras for features such as Web, GPU, containers, exports and MCP.
License: The project says Glances is distributed under the LGPL version 3 license.
Security updates: The security policy lists version 4.x as supported for security updates and versions below 4.0 as unsupported.
Price from: Free

Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best Hardware Monitoring Software in 2026#15 of 58
Best Container Monitoring in 2026#27 of 46
Best Process Monitoring Software in 2026#3 of 26

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Sources

github.com/nicolargo/glances/blob/master/README.rs· checked 29 Sept 2026
nicolargo.github.io/glances/· checked 29 Sept 2026
github.com/nicolargo/glances/security· checked 29 Sept 2026