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Follow Glances on Twitter: `@nicolargo`_ or `@glances_system`_
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Glances - An eye on your system
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**Glances** is a cross-platform curses-based system monitoring tool
written in Python.
It uses the `psutil`_ library to get information from your system.
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Requirements
============
- ``python >= 2.6`` (tested with version 2.6, 2.7, 3.3, 3.4)
- ``psutil >= 2.0.0``
- ``setuptools``
Optional dependencies:
- ``bottle`` (for Web server mode)
- ``py3sensors`` (for hardware monitoring support) [Linux-only]
- ``hddtemp`` (for HDD temperature monitoring support) [Linux-only]
- ``batinfo`` (for battery monitoring support) [Linux-only]
- ``pysnmp`` (for SNMP support)
Installation
============
Glances Auto Install script
---------------------------
Just enter the following command line:
.. code-block:: console
curl -L http://bit.ly/glances | /bin/bash
*Note*: Only supported on some GNU/Linux distributions.
If you want to support others distribs, please contribute to `glancesautoinstall`_.
PyPI: The simple way
--------------------
Glances is on `PyPI`_. By using PyPI, you are sure to have the latest
stable version.
To install, simply use `pip`_:
.. code-block:: console
pip install Glances
*Note*: Python headers are required to install psutil. For example,
on Debian/Ubuntu you need to install first the *python-dev* package.
To upgrade Glances to the latest version:
.. code-block:: console
pip install --upgrade Glances
GNU/Linux
---------
At the moment, packages exist for the following GNU/Linux distributions:
- Arch Linux
- Debian (Testing/Sid)
- Fedora/CentOS/RHEL
- Gentoo
- Slackware
- Ubuntu (13.04+)
- Void Linux
So you should be able to install it using your favorite package manager.
FreeBSD
-------
To install the binary package:
.. code-block:: console
# pkg_add -r py27-glances
Using pkgng:
.. code-block:: console
# pkg install py27-glances
To install Glances from ports:
.. code-block:: console
# cd /usr/ports/sysutils/py-glances/
# make install clean
OS X
----
OS X users can install Glances using `Homebrew`_ or `MacPorts`_.
Homebrew
````````
.. code-block:: console
$ brew install python
$ pip install Glances
MacPorts
````````
.. code-block:: console
$ sudo port install glances
Windows
-------
- Install Python for Windows: http://www.python.org/getit/
- Install the psutil library: https://pypi.python.org/pypi?:action=display&name=psutil#downloads
- Install the colorconsole library: http://code.google.com/p/colorconsole/downloads/list
- Download Glances from here: http://nicolargo.github.io/glances/
Source
------
To install Glances version X.Y from source:
.. code-block:: console
$ curl -L https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/archive/vX.Y.tar.gz -o glances-X.Y.tar.gz
$ tar -zxvf glances-*.tar.gz
$ cd glances-*
# python setup.py install
*Note*: Python headers are required to install psutil. For example,
on Debian/Ubuntu you need to install first the *python-dev* package.
Puppet
------
You can install Glances using `Puppet`_: https://github.com/rverchere/puppet-glances
Usage
=====
For the standalone mode, just run:
.. code-block:: console
$ glances
For the Web server mode, run:
.. code-block:: console
$ glances -w
and enter the URL ``http://<ip>:61208`` in your favorite web browser.
For the client/server mode, run:
.. code-block:: console
$ glances -s
on the server side and run:
.. code-block:: console
$ glances -c <ip>
on the client one.
And RTFM, always.
Documentation
=============
For complete documentation see `glances-doc`_.
Author
======
Nicolas Hennion (@nicolargo) <nicolas@nicolargo.com>
License
=======
LGPL. See ``COPYING`` for more details.
.. _psutil: https://code.google.com/p/psutil/
.. _glancesautoinstall: https://github.com/nicolargo/glancesautoinstall
.. _@nicolargo: https://twitter.com/nicolargo
.. _@glances_system: https://twitter.com/glances_system
.. _PyPI: https://pypi.python.org/pypi
.. _pip: http://www.pip-installer.org/
.. _Homebrew: http://brew.sh/
.. _MacPorts: https://www.macports.org/
.. _colorconsole: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/colorconsole
.. _Puppet: https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/what-is-puppet/
.. _glances-doc: https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/blob/master/docs/glances-doc.rst
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