System monitoring
CPU, RAM, disk, network at 1-second resolution
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Netdata is real-time, per-second infrastructure monitoring — auto-discovers metrics from your system, applications, containers, and services without configuration. 1-second resolution, beautiful dashboards, ML-powered anomaly detection, all running on a single agent with minimal overhead.
// What it is
A closer look.
Netdata is real-time, per-second infrastructure monitoring — auto-discovers metrics from your system, applications, containers, and services without configuration. 1-second resolution, beautiful dashboards, ML-powered anomaly detection, all running on a single agent with minimal overhead.
For sysadmins who want immediate visibility into "what's happening right now" on their servers, Netdata is the fastest-to-value monitoring tool.
// Use cases
What it's for.
Concrete scenarios where teams pick Netdata over the SaaS alternative.
Container monitoring
Docker / Kubernetes auto-discovery
Application monitoring
Nginx, Postgres, Redis, MySQL, MongoDB auto-monitored
Anomaly detection
ML-based outlier detection on metrics
Free fleet monitoring
Netdata Cloud aggregates multiple agents
// Who it's for
Built for these teams.
If your team profile matches one of these, Netdata is a strong fit out of the box.
Sysadmins
wanting instant per-server visibility
DevOps engineers
monitoring fleet of VPS / containers
SREs
triaging incidents with second-level metric resolution
Hosting providers
giving customers visibility into VPS health
Solo developers
monitoring side-project servers
// Differentiators
Why teams pick Netdata.
When evaluating self-hosted options for this category, here are the dimensions on which Netdata consistently lands above the alternatives.
- ✓Zero configuration — auto-discovers everything; works immediately
- ✓GPL-3.0 — fully open
- ✓1-second resolution — Prometheus default is 15s; Netdata is 15× more granular
- ✓Minimal overhead — <1% CPU, <100 MB RAM per agent
- ✓Built-in dashboards — no Grafana setup required
- ✓ML anomaly detection — alerts before threshold breaches
// Integrations
Connects to.
The stack you'll plug Netdata into — services, protocols, and adjacent apps in the BluixApps catalog.
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Auto-collectors
800+ integrations for apps / services / system
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Container
Docker, Kubernetes auto-discovery
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Cloud
AWS, GCP, Azure metrics integration
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Alerting
Slack, PagerDuty, Telegram, Discord, email, custom webhook
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Prometheus
Netdata can export to or consume Prometheus
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Netdata Cloud
fleet aggregation across multiple agents
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Database backends
local TSDB, or stream to InfluxDB / Prometheus
// Adoption & deployment
Notable users & community
- 73k+ GitHub stars (top observability project in OSS)
- Used by Netflix, IBM, Cisco for monitoring at scale
- Active Discord community
- Backed by Netdata Inc. with sustainable cloud offering
- Frequent releases with strong roadmap
What we ship
- Docker compose: Netdata agent
- Pinned
netdata/netdata:latest(release-tagged) - HTTPS via Let's Encrypt
- Anonymous claim token for Netdata Cloud (optional)
- Persistent volume for local TSDB
- Auto-discovery enabled for all standard services
- Backup hook covers Netdata config + local TSDB
// Tips & operations
Run it properly.
Operational guidance from running this in production — what to lock down, what surprises people.
// PERFORMANCE
Use Netdata Cloud for fleet
single-agent view is great; Cloud aggregates multiple
// SECURITY
Disable unused collectors
auto-discovery may pull metrics you don't need; trim for performance
// OPERATIONS
Configure ML carefully
anomaly detection needs baseline; tune sensitivity over time
// RELIABILITY
Alert routing
set up channels per team / severity
// DEPLOYMENT
Persistent local storage
Netdata stores TSDB locally; volume mount for retention
// SCALING
Pair with Loki/Prometheus
Netdata for real-time, Prometheus for long-term retention
256
// min ram (MB)
2
// min disk (GB)
19999
// access port
http
// protocol
pro
// bluixapps tier
// Alternatives in DevOps
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Project resources
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