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author | nicolargo <nicolas@nicolargo.com> | 2017-01-07 15:55:32 +0100 |
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committer | nicolargo <nicolas@nicolargo.com> | 2017-01-07 15:55:32 +0100 |
commit | 6b4219cea99f1d8068cdfe46f601bf2aee262e53 (patch) | |
tree | b6b06ecb775fce8fc572eda343e1d9510b56bc22 | |
parent | 6316fa6aa50e6f9b5a3f07593e0b9a98cc34823d (diff) |
Change the README file
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@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ Glances - An eye on your system =============================== - .. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/glances.svg :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Glances @@ -23,10 +22,25 @@ Glances - An eye on your system Follow Glances on Twitter: `@nicolargo`_ or `@glances_system`_ -**Glances** is a cross-platform curses-based system monitoring tool -written in Python. +Summary +======= + +**Glances** is a cross-platform monitoring tool which aims to present a maximum +of information in a minimum of space through a curses or Web based interface. +It can adapt dynamically the displayed information depending on the user +interface size. + +.. image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nicolargo/glances/develop/docs/_static/glances-summary.png + +It can also work in client/server mode. Remote monitoring could be done via +terminal, Web interface or API (XMLRPC and RESTful). Stats can also be exported +to files or external time/value databases. + +.. image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nicolargo/glances/develop/docs/_static/glances-responsive-webdesign.png -.. image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nicolargo/glances/develop/docs/_static/screencast.gif +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 news +plugins or exports modules. Requirements ============ diff --git a/docs/_static/glances-summary.png b/docs/_static/glances-summary.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 00000000..062af861 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/_static/glances-summary.png |