Beszel

Spec sheet

Purpose

Beszel is a lightweight server monitoring platform with Docker statistics, historical data, and alerts.Read 9 Oct 2026 · beszel.dev

API

A REST API lets users access or update Beszel data from scripts and applications.Read 9 Oct 2026 · beszel.dev

Security

Hub and agent communication can use SSH or WebSocket; WebSocket mode uses a mutual authentication handshake.Read 9 Oct 2026 · beszel.dev

Support

The project points users to GitHub Discussions and a community-run Matrix room for support and general discussion.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

License

Beszel is released under the MIT License.Read 9 Oct 2026 · beszel.dev

Alerts and integrations

Notifications use Shoutrrr URL schemas and include services such as Discord, Gotify, Google Chat, Matrix, MQTT, Slack, Telegram, and Teams.Read 9 Oct 2026 · beszel.dev

Architecture

Beszel uses a web application hub and an agent running on each system being monitored.Read 9 Oct 2026 · beszel.dev

Authentication

Beszel supports OAuth2 and OpenID Connect providers, and password login can be disabled.Read 9 Oct 2026 · beszel.dev

Backups

Hub data can be backed up to disk or S3-compatible storage and restored from either.Read 9 Oct 2026 · beszel.dev

Container support

Beszel tracks Docker and Podman containers, including their status and metrics.Read 9 Oct 2026 · beszel.dev

Installation

The hub supports Docker, Podman, or a single binary, while agents also support Homebrew, WinGet, Scoop, and a Home Assistant add-on.Read 9 Oct 2026 · beszel.dev

Limits

Rootless containers may lack access to host-level metrics such as temperature, GPU, ZFS, S.M.A.R.T., and systemd services without extra configuration.Read 9 Oct 2026 · beszel.dev

Metrics

It monitors host and container CPU, memory, disk, network, temperature, GPU, battery, and other metrics.Read 9 Oct 2026 · beszel.dev

Network monitoring

Agents can probe ICMP, TCP, HTTP, and DNS response time and packet loss.Read 9 Oct 2026 · beszel.dev

Plans and prices

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Where Specifiction places it

• Server Monitoring#11 of 388.4