cAdvisor

A daemon that collects and analyzes resource usage and performance data for running containers.

FreeProprietaryLinuxSelf-hosted
Official websitegithub.com

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About cAdvisor

cAdvisor, short for Container Advisor, runs on a host and gathers resource usage and performance characteristics for each running container, such as CPU, memory, filesystem and network use.

It is aimed at people running containers on their own machines or servers who want to see what each container is consuming. The project is maintained by Google on GitHub and is a common building block in container monitoring setups.

Strengths

  • Per-container resource and performance data
  • Runs as a single daemon on the host
  • Widely used and maintained by Google

Limitations

  • Focused on containers rather than whole-system monitoring
  • Long-term storage and dashboards need other tools

Details

Pricing
FreeFree to download and run.
License
Proprietary
Developer
Google
Platforms
Linux, Self-hosted
How it runs
Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Account
Not required
Works offline
Yes
Best suited for
Container hosts that need per-container resource metrics
Last verified
Added
Provenance
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