Monitorix

Spec sheet

Purpose

Monitorix monitors services and system resources on production Linux/UNIX servers and can also run on embedded devices.Read 9 Oct 2026 · monitorix.org

Support

The project offers a mailing list for announcements, help and discussion, and an official #monitorix IRC channel on Libera.Chat for help, bugs and enhancements.Read 9 Oct 2026 · monitorix.org

License

Monitorix is released under the GNU General Public License version 2 and may be used for commercial purposes under its open source license.Read 9 Oct 2026 · monitorix.org

Founded

2005Read 28 Sep 2026 · monitorix.org

Architecture

It consists mainly of a Perl daemon collector and a CGI script, and includes a built-in HTTP server that listens on port 8080/TCP by default.Read 9 Oct 2026 · monitorix.org

Graph formats

Graphs can be generated in PNG or SVG, and statistics can also be viewed in plain text tables.Read 9 Oct 2026 · monitorix.org

Hardware monitoring

It can graph hardware and generic sensors, including CPU, GPU, disk, NVMe, IPMI and ambient sensor readings, with alert capabilities for several sensor types.Read 9 Oct 2026 · monitorix.org

Intended audience

The project describes Monitorix as a tool for daily systems administration and says it was created for production servers, with simplicity and small size also making it suitable for embedded devices.Read 9 Oct 2026 · monitorix.org

Latest listed release

The downloads page lists version 3.16.0, dated 27-Nov-2024, as the latest version.Read 9 Oct 2026 · monitorix.org

Multihost

The Multihost feature supports monitoring an unlimited number of remote servers and displaying their graphs individually or together.Read 9 Oct 2026 · monitorix.org

Reports and history

Users can view statistics by hour, day, week, month or year, receive email reports of all graphs, and configure historical data duration without a stated limit.Read 9 Oct 2026 · monitorix.org

Security controls

The built-in HTTP server supports basic access authentication, IP address restrictions, and configurable bind address and listening port.Read 9 Oct 2026 · monitorix.org

Service monitoring

It includes statistics modules for services such as Apache, Nginx, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, mail servers, DNS servers and UPS software.Read 9 Oct 2026 · monitorix.org

Supported systems

The project lists GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and NetBSD as supported systems.Read 9 Oct 2026 · monitorix.org

System metrics

Features include system load, active processes, memory allocation, entropy and uptime, along with global and per-processor kernel usage.Read 9 Oct 2026 · monitorix.org

Plans and prices

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Where Specifiction places it

• Server Monitoring#21 of 387.8
• Infrastructure Monitoring#22 of 347.7