# slok/grafterm

Metrics dashboards on terminal (a grafana inspired terminal version)

Repository: https://github.com/slok/grafterm
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/grafterm
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: metrics, grafana, graphs, terminal, dashboard, observability, prometheus
Last push: 2022-06-10T00:17:48+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2708, "days_push": 1546, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1138, forks 30 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:44.055786+00:00)

## What it is
Grafterm is a single-binary Go CLI that renders metrics dashboards directly in the terminal, inspired by a simplified Grafana. It supports JSON-configured dashboards with graph, singlestat, and gauge widgets, pulling data from Prometheus and Graphite datasources with templating and autorefresh.

## Use cases
- view prometheus metrics dashboards in the terminal
- monitor services over ssh without a browser
- render graphite graphs in a tui
- quickly check metrics while on a server
- build custom terminal dashboards from  config
- replace grafana for lightweight terminal observability

## When to choose
- you work primarily in a terminal or over ssh and need quick metric visibility
- you want a single static binary with no server to deploy
- your metrics live in Prometheus or Graphite and JSON dashboard config is acceptable

## When to avoid
- you need Grafana's full features like alerting, plugins, or rich sharing
- you prefer graphical/web dashboards or team-shared dashboards
- you need datasources beyond Prometheus and Graphite without writing an extension

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: monitoring, data-visualization, terminal-ui, cli
- domain: monitoring, developer-tools, data-visualization
- platform: windows, cli, cross-platform
- tags: grafana-inspired, prometheus, graphite, metrics-dashboards, tui, go, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- slok/grafterm (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:44.055786+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:36:10.701799+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/slok/grafterm (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:44.055786+00:00, sha c9c421f290a2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.