# sqshq/sampler

Tool for shell commands execution, visualization and alerting. Configured with a simple YAML file.

Repository: https://github.com/sqshq/sampler
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sampler
Homepage: https://sampler.dev
Language: Go
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: shell, visualization, cmd, terminal, charts, alerting, sampler, command-line, command-line-tool, monitoring, golang, dashbord
Last push: 2024-02-22T10:21:15+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2777, "days_push": 923, "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 14791, forks 668 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:07.687496+00:00)

## What it is
Sampler is a command-line tool that periodically executes shell commands and visualizes their output as terminal dashboards with charts, gauges, and text components. It is configured via a simple YAML file and supports alerting triggers based on command output.

## Use cases
- visualize shell command output as terminal charts
- monitor database metrics from the terminal
- watch message queue in-flight messages
- get notifications when a deployment script finishes
- build a quick terminal dashboard without Prometheus and Grafana
- sample any dynamic process from the command line

## When to choose
- you want instant visualization of any metric obtainable via a shell command
- you need a lightweight dev tool instead of a full monitoring stack
- you prefer YAML configuration and zero infrastructure setup
- you want terminal-based dashboards with alert triggers

## When to avoid
- you need production-grade, centralized monitoring with history and dashboards shared across teams
- you need metrics collection from servers without shell access
- you require long-term metric storage or querying

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: monitoring, alerting, data-visualization, cli, terminal-ui, charts
- domain: developer-tools, monitoring, data-visualization
- platform: windows, cli, cross-platform
- tags: shell-commands, yaml-configuration, terminal-dashboards, sampling, gauges, sparklines, command-line, devops, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- sqshq/sampler (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:07.687496+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 2026-08-29T17:07:09.783096+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sqshq/sampler (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:07.687496+00:00, sha ff68623e3cc9)
  - homepage: https://sampler.dev (fetched 2026-08-29T08:05:11.730766+00:00, sha 988ea57e9275)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.