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Pulse vs Glances: catalog facts
Pulse	Glances
Free Free to download and run on your own server.	Free Free and open source, funded by sponsorship.
Web, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line, Web
One dashboard for Proxmox, Docker, Kubernetes, TrueNAS and vSphere Built-in alerting for infrastructure problems	Runs on Linux, FreeBSD, macOS and Windows from the same codebase Built-in web interface, so a phone or tablet can watch a server
AI features may not suit people who want a plain metrics dashboard Needs a server to run on	Python and pip installation, which on some systems means a virtual environment Exposing the web interface or API on a network needs authentication configured by you
Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: LGPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026

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