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glances

The premium Open Source alternative to Datadog

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What is glances?

A cross-platform alternative to htop for system resource monitoring. It exposes system metrics via a RESTful JSON API and a web-based dashboard.

Tech Stack
PythonOS & Utilities

Why glances?

  • • Cross-platform support
  • • Exportable metrics
  • • Web-based UI included

Limitations

  • • Python dependency
  • • Higher CPU usage than htop
  • • No historical data storage
3/5/2026
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-$1,440
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Team Size10 Users
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