GLANCES(1) Glances GLANCES(1) (NAME) glances - curses (SYNOPSIS) glances [] (DESCRIPTION) glances curses 80x24 . . / (client/server) . . glances psutil . (OPTIONS) (COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS) -h, --help -V, --version -d, --debug () --print-completion (tab completion) Glances -C CONF_FILE, --config CONF_FILE -P PLUGIN_DIRECTORY, --plugins PLUGIN_DIRECTORY --modules-list ( ) --disable-plugin PLUGIN PLUGIN ( ) --enable-plugin PLUGIN PLUGIN ( ) --stdout PLUGINS_STATS ( / ) --export EXPORT EXPORT ( ) --export-csv-file EXPORT_CSV_FILE CSV --export-json-file EXPORT_JSON_FILE JSON --disable-process ( Glances) --disable-webui ( API RESTful ) --light, --enable-light Curses ( ) -0, --disable-irix -1, --percpu Glances -2, --disable-left-sidebar / -3, --disable-quicklook (quick look) -4, --full-quicklook (load) -5, --disable-top ( QuickLook CPU MEM SWAP LOAD) -6, --meangpu Glances (GPU) --disable-bold (bold) --disable-bg --enable-process-extended -c CLIENT, --client CLIENT Glances IPv4/IPv6 hostname:port -s, --server Glances (server mode) --browser Glances (TUI) (WebUI) --browser -w --disable-autodiscover (autodiscover) -p PORT, --port PORT TCP / [: 61209] -B BIND_ADDRESS, --bind BIND_ADDRESS (bind) IPv4/IPv6 --username / --password / --snmp-community SNMP_COMMUNITY (community) SNMP --snmp-port SNMP_PORT SNMP --snmp-version SNMP_VERSION SNMP ( 1 2c 3) --snmp-user SNMP_USER SNMP ( SNMPv3) --snmp-auth SNMP_AUTH SNMP ( SNMPv3) --snmp-force SNMP -t TIME, --time TIME [: ] -w, --webserver Glances ( FastAPI ) --enable-mcp (MCP) ( mcp MCP ) --mcp-path MCP_PATH MCP [: /mcp] --cached-time CACHED_TIME () [: ] --open-web-browser -q, --quiet curses -f PROCESS_FILTER, --process-filter PROCESS_FILTER ( / regular expression) --process-short-name --hide-kernel-threads (kernel threads) ( ) -b, --byte --diskio-show-ramfs (RAM FS) DiskIO --diskio-iops / (IOPS) DiskIO --fahrenheit ( ) --fs-free-space --theme-white --disable-check-update Glances (INTERACTIVE COMMANDS) ( ) Glances : ENTER : macOS CTRL-H . (regular expression) : o gnome: gnome o .*gnome.*: gnome a o >70% CPU o >70% MEM o / (CPU iowait) >60% I/O A / (AMP) b / bit/s Byte/s B / c (CPU) C / (Cloud) d / / D / (Docker) e / E f / F g G / (GPU) h / i / (I/O) I / IP + nice / ( ) - . - nice / ( ) - . k ( ) - . K / TCP l / () m (MEM) M / n / N / p P / (Ports) q|ESC|CTRL-C Glances Q / (IRQ) r R / RAID s / (Sensors) S / ( / spark lines) t (TIME+) T / u (USER) U / V / (VMS) w W / (Wifi) x z / 0 / Irix/Solaris 1 2 / 3 / (quick look) 4 / (load) 5 / ( QuickLook CPU MEM SWAP LOAD) 6 / GPU 9 / F5 CTRL-R SHIFT-LEFT SHIFT-RIGHT LEFT RIGHT UP DOWN Glances ( --browser): ENTER UP DOWN q|ESC Glances (CONFIGURATION) Glances . . (FILES) : /usr{,/local}/share/doc/glances ( ) : . glances.conf : +-------------+---------------------------------------+ |Linux, SunOS | ~/.config/glances/, /etc/glances/, | | | /usr/share/doc/glances/ | +-------------+---------------------------------------+ |*BSD | ~/.config/glances/, | | | /usr/local/etc/glances/, | | | /usr/share/doc/glances/ | +-------------+---------------------------------------+ |macOS | ~/.config/glances/, | | | ~/Library/Application | | | Support/glances/, | | | /usr/local/etc/glances/, | | | /usr/share/doc/glances/ | +-------------+---------------------------------------+ |Windows | %APPDATA%\glances\glances.conf | +-------------+---------------------------------------+ |All | /share/doc/glances/ | +-------------+---------------------------------------+ o XP %APPDATA% : C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data. o : C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming. . (SYNTAX) Glances ini . ( global) : [global] # Refresh rate (default is a minimum of 2 seconds) # Can be overwritten by the -t option # It is also possible to overwrite it in each plugin section refresh=2 # Should Glances check if a newer version is available on PyPI ? check_update=true # History size (maximum number of values) # Default is 1200 values (~1h with the default refresh rate) history_size=1200 # Set the way Glances should display the date (default is %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z) #strftime_format="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z" # Define external directory for loading additional plugins # The layout follows the glances standard for plugin definitions #plugin_dir=/home/user/dev/plugins : [outputs] # Options for all UIs #-------------------- # Separator in the Curses and WebUI interface (between top and others plugins) separator=True # Set the the Curses and WebUI interface left menu plugin list (comma-separated) #left_menu=network,wifi,connections,ports,diskio,fs,irq,folders,raid,smart,sensors,now # Limit the number of processes to display (in the WebUI) max_processes_display=25 # Options for WebUI #------------------ # Set URL prefix for the WebUI and the API # Example: url_prefix=/glances/ => http://localhost/glances # Note: The final / is mandatory # Default is no prefix (/) #url_prefix=/glances/ # Set root path for WebUI statics files # Why ? On Debian system, WebUI statics files are not provided. # You can download it in a specific folder # thanks to https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/issues/2021 # then configure this folder with the webui_root_path key # Default is folder where glances_restful_api.py is hosted #webui_root_path= # CORS options # Comma separated list of origins that should be permitted to make cross-origin requests. # Default is * #cors_origins=* # Indicate that cookies should be supported for cross-origin requests. # Default is True #cors_credentials=True # Comma separated list of HTTP methods that should be allowed for cross-origin requests. # Default is * #cors_methods=* # Comma separated list of HTTP request headers that should be supported for cross-origin requests. # Default is * #cors_headers=* # Define SSL files (keyfile_password is optional) #ssl_keyfile=./glances.local+3-key.pem #ssl_keyfile_password=kfp #ssl_certfile=./glances.local+3.pem (AMP) . CPU : [cpu] disable=False refresh=3 user_careful=50 user_warning=70 user_critical=90 iowait_careful=50 iowait_warning=70 iowait_critical=90 system_careful=50 system_warning=70 system_critical=90 steal_careful=50 steal_warning=70 steal_critical=90 InfluxDB: [influxdb] # Configuration for the --export influxdb option # https://influxdb.com host=localhost port=8086 user=root password=root db=glances prefix=localhost #tags=foo:bar,spam:eggs AMP Nginx: [amp_nginx] # Nginx status page should be enabled (https://easyengine.io/tutorials/nginx/status-page) enable=true regex=\/usr\/sbin\/nginx refresh=60 one_line=false status_url=http://localhost/nginx_status Glances . . InfluxDB : [influxdb] ... prefix=`hostname` (tag) : [influxdb] ... tags=system:`uname -a` (LOGGING) Glances (log) . DEBUG -d . Glances . Glances glances -V . (rotate) . . glances.json ( JSON) : { "version": 1, "disable_existing_loggers": "False", "root": { "level": "INFO", "handlers": ["file", "console"] }, "formatters": { "standard": { "format": "%(asctime)s -- %(levelname)s -- %(message)s" }, "short": { "format": "%(levelname)s: %(message)s" }, "free": { "format": "%(message)s" } }, "handlers": { "file": { "level": "DEBUG", "class": "logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler", "formatter": "standard", "filename": "/var/tmp/glances.log" }, "console": { "level": "CRITICAL", "class": "logging.StreamHandler", "formatter": "free" } }, "loggers": { "debug": { "handlers": ["file", "console"], "level": "DEBUG" }, "verbose": { "handlers": ["file", "console"], "level": "INFO" }, "standard": { "handlers": ["file"], "level": "INFO" }, "requests": { "handlers": ["file", "console"], "level": "ERROR" }, "elasticsearch": { "handlers": ["file", "console"], "level": "ERROR" }, "elasticsearch.trace": { "handlers": ["file", "console"], "level": "ERROR" } } } Glances : LOG_CFG=/glances.json glances : glances.json . (EXAMPLES) ( standalone ) (TUI): $ glances (WebUI) : $ glances -w (URL) . CSV: $ glances --export csv --export-csv-file /tmp/glances.csv InfluxDB ( OpenTSDB Cassandra Statsd ElasticSearch RabbitMQ Riemann ): $ glances -t 5 --export influxdb : $ glances -t 5 --export influxdb,statsd,csv Glances ( server mode): $ glances -s Glances Glances ( client mode): $ glances -c Glances StatsD: $ glances -c --export statsd Glances ( TUI): $ glances --browser Glances ( WebUI) ( Glances . ): $ glances --browser -w Glances --disable-autodiscover . (SEE ALSO) htop(1), top(1) (AUTHORS) Nicolas Hennion Nicolargo (COPYRIGHT) 2026, Nicolas Hennion 4.5.6 August 1, 2026 GLANCES(1)