# mikaku/Monitorix

Monitorix is a free, open source, lightweight system monitoring tool.

Repository: https://github.com/mikaku/Monitorix
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/monitorix
Homepage: https://www.monitorix.org
Language: Perl
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: monitorix, perl, server, linux, unix, system-monitoring, monitoring-tool, monitoring, server-monitoring
Last push: 2026-06-23T06:17:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 63/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 89, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5063, "days_push": 71, "days_rel": 644, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1209, forks 169 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:59.840767+00:00)

## What it is
Monitorix is a free, open-source, lightweight system monitoring tool written in Perl that tracks system resources and network services, presenting metrics through a built-in web interface with graphs. It is designed to run on Linux/Unix servers with minimal overhead.

## Use cases
- monitor cpu, memory, and disk usage on a linux server
- track network traffic and services on a small vps
- keep an eye on system health of a home server
- graph historical system resource usage over time
- monitor temperatures, filesystems, and mail services
- lightweight alternative to heavy monitoring stacks for a single host

## When to choose
- you need a lightweight, self-contained monitoring tool for a single Linux/Unix server
- you want built-in web graphs without deploying a full monitoring stack
- you run low-resource hardware or embedded systems and need minimal overhead

## When to avoid
- you need distributed monitoring across many hosts with centralized aggregation
- you require advanced alerting, dashboards, or integrations offered by Prometheus or Zabbix
- you prefer modern tooling over a Perl-based application

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: monitoring, alerting, charts
- domain: monitoring, self-hosted
- platform: self-hosted, cli
- tags: system-monitoring, perl, lightweight, server-monitoring, resource-monitoring, web-dashboard, unix, devops, command-line, linux, web-server

## Member repositories
- mikaku/Monitorix (main) score 63

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:59.840767+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 2026-08-30T06:18:36.049007+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mikaku/Monitorix (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:59.840767+00:00, sha c4f9c9a42a98)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.