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Glances

glances

A cross-platform curses-based monitoring tool.

Runs as glances|macOS, Linux, Windows|github.com

Open form in Otty otty.toml

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What travels, what stays, what never leaves

Glances in your home directory Every rule on this page, by file

passwordssl_keyfile_password

Lifted into your secret store; the rest of the file syncs.

passwordssl_keyfile_password

Lifted into your secret store; the rest of the file syncs.

Only what the catalog names. A directory that syncs brings everything inside it except what is listed as excluded here.

apps/glances/otty.tomlThe file this page is generated from

id = "glances"

name = "Glances"

homepage = "https://github.com/nicolargo/glances"

description = "A cross-platform curses-based monitoring tool."

executables = ["glances"]

[dotfiles]

# https://glances.readthedocs.io/en/latest/glances.html#location — the

# project's configuration documentation names ~/.config/glances/glances.conf

# on Linux and macOS, ~/Library/Application Support/glances/glances.conf also

# on macOS, and %APPDATA%\\glances\\glances.conf on Windows. These are the

# XDG and platform-native config roots respectively.

paths = [

"[configHome]/glances/glances.conf",

"[appData]/glances/glances.conf",

]

exclude = []

secret = []

# Glances reads this file when it starts; there is no resident writer between

# invocations.

side_effect = false

# The same documentation's sample configuration contains InfluxDB's

# `password` and Web UI's `ssl_keyfile_password`. They are credentials in an

# otherwise useful INI file; the matcher is line-oriented because the catalog

# parser has no INI key-path format.

[[dotfiles.secret_paths]]

file = ["[configHome]/glances/glances.conf", "[appData]/glances/glances.conf"]

match = { prefix = ["password", "ssl_keyfile_password"] }

[commands]

format = 1

label = "Run Glances"

description = "Start the Glances monitor in the terminal, as a web/API server, or connected to a remote Glances server. Exporters other than CSV and JSON, authentication and MCP options are left out."

quality = "ai-draft"

parser = { end_of_options = "--", interleave = "permute", long_equals = true, short_attached = true, short_bundles = true }

[[commands.source]]

id = "man"

kind = "manual"

url = "https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/blob/develop/docs/man/glances.1"

revision = "develop 2026-10-27"

evidence = """

-t <sec>, --time <sec>: refresh rate in seconds (overrides [global] refresh) [default: 2 sec]

-C <path>, --config <path>: path to the glances.conf file to use

--disable-plugin <a,b>, --disable-plugins <a,b>, --disable <a,b>: disable plugins (comma-separated list or all)

--enable-plugin <a,b>, --enable-plugins <a,b>, --enable <a,b>: enable plugins (comma-separated list)

--stop-after <n>: stop after n refreshes

-s, --server, -w, --webserver: run as a REST API server (FastAPI, /api/5) and serve the Web UI

-B <addr>, --bind <addr>: bind address [default: 127.0.0.1]

-p <n>, --port <n>: listening port [default: 61208]

--disable-webui: serve the REST API without the Web UI (requires --server)

--open-web-browser: open the Web UI in the default Web browser at startup

-c <server>, --client <server>: show a remote Glances v5 server in the TUI: host, host:port

-q, --quiet, --no-tui: disable the curses TUI (for example to only run the exports)

--export <a,b>: enable export modules (comma-separated list, e.g. csv,influxdb2)

--export-csv-file <path>: file path for the CSV exporter [default: ./glances.csv]

--stdout <plugin[.key].attr,...>: print stats to stdout, one line per stat and refresh

--stdout-json <plugin,...>: print the selected plugins' stats to stdout as one JSON object

"""

[[commands.field]]

id = "time"

label = "Refresh interval (seconds)"

type = "number"

option = ["--time", "-t"]

sources = ["man"]

[[commands.field]]

id = "config"

label = "Config file"

type = "path"

option = ["--config", "-C"]

path = { kind = "file", role = "input", must_exist = true }

sources = ["man"]

[[commands.field]]

id = "disable_plugin"

label = "Disable plugins"

description = "Comma-separated plugin names, or all."

type = "string"

option = ["--disable-plugin"]

sources = ["man"]

[[commands.field]]

id = "enable_plugin"

label = "Enable plugins"

description = "Comma-separated plugin names."

type = "string"

option = ["--enable-plugin"]

sources = ["man"]

[[commands.field]]

id = "stop_after"

label = "Stop after N refreshes"

type = "integer"

option = ["--stop-after"]

sources = ["man"]

[[commands.field]]

id = "webserver"

label = "Run as web / API server"

type = "boolean"

option = ["--webserver", "-w"]

sources = ["man"]

[[commands.field]]

id = "bind"

label = "Bind address"

type = "string"

option = ["--bind", "-B"]

sources = ["man"]

[[commands.field]]

id = "port"

label = "Port"

type = "integer"

option = ["--port", "-p"]

sources = ["man"]

[[commands.field]]

id = "disable_webui"

label = "API only (no web UI)"

type = "boolean"

option = ["--disable-webui"]

sources = ["man"]

[[commands.field]]

id = "open_web_browser"

label = "Open web UI in browser"

type = "boolean"

option = ["--open-web-browser"]

sources = ["man"]

[[commands.field]]

id = "client"

label = "Remote server to view"

description = "host or host:port of a Glances server."

type = "string"

option = ["--client", "-c"]

sources = ["man"]

[[commands.field]]

id = "quiet"

label = "No TUI"

type = "boolean"

option = ["--quiet", "-q"]

sources = ["man"]

[[commands.field]]

id = "export"

label = "Export modules"

type = "string"

option = ["--export"]

suggestions = [{ value = "csv", label = "CSV" }, { value = "json", label = "JSON" }]

sources = ["man"]

[[commands.field]]

id = "export_csv_file"

label = "CSV export file"

type = "path"

option = ["--export-csv-file"]

path = { kind = "file", role = "output", must_exist = false }

effect = "overwrite"

sources = ["man"]

[[commands.field]]

id = "stdout"

label = "Print stats to stdout"

description = "Comma-separated plugin[.key].attr list."

type = "string"

option = ["--stdout"]

sources = ["man"]

[[commands.task]]

id = "web"

label = "Web server"

fields = ["webserver", "bind", "port", "disable_webui", "open_web_browser"]

required = ["webserver"]

set = { webserver = [true] }

lock = ["webserver"]

[[commands.task]]

id = "remote"

label = "View a remote server"

fields = ["client", "time"]

required = ["client"]

[[commands.task]]

id = "stdout"

label = "Print stats"

fields = ["stdout", "time", "stop_after"]

required = ["stdout"]

[[commands.group]]

id = "basic"

label = "Basic"

fields = ["time", "config", "webserver", "bind", "port", "client", "stdout"]

[[commands.group]]

id = "advanced"

label = "Advanced"

fields = ["disable_plugin", "enable_plugin", "stop_after", "disable_webui", "open_web_browser", "quiet", "export", "export_csv_file"]

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