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Netdata

Discovery, exploration, reporting and root cause analysis using all observability data, including metrics, logs, systems, containers, processes, and network connections

monitoringai
By netdata
79k6.5kUpdated todayGoGPL-3.0

Installation

npx -y netdata

Configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "netdata": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "netdata"]
    }
  }
}

How to use

  1. Run the installation command above (if needed)
  2. Open your Claude Code settings file (~/.claude/settings.json)
  3. Add the configuration to the mcpServers section
  4. Restart Claude Code to apply changes

README

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<p align="center"> <a href="https://www.netdata.cloud#gh-light-mode-only"> <img src="https://www.netdata.cloud/img/readme-images/netdata_readme_logo_light.png" alt="Netdata" width="300"/> </a> <a href="https://www.netdata.cloud#gh-dark-mode-only"> <img src="https://www.netdata.cloud/img/readme-images/netdata_readme_logo_dark.png" alt="Netdata" width="300"/> </a> </p> <h3 align="center">X-Ray Vision for your infrastructure!</h3> <h4 align="center">Every Metric, Every Second. No BS.</h4> <br /> <p align="center"> <a href="https://github.com/netdata/netdata/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/stars/netdata/netdata?style=social" alt="GitHub Stars"></a> <br /> <a href="https://app.netdata.cloud/spaces/netdata-demo?utm_campaign=github_readme_demo_badge"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Live%20Demo-green" alt="Live Demo"></a> <a href="https://github.com/netdata/netdata/releases/latest"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/release/netdata/netdata.svg" alt="Latest release"></a> <a href="https://github.com/netdata/netdata-nightlies/releases/latest"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/release/netdata/netdata-nightlies.svg" alt="Latest nightly build"></a> <br/> <a href="https://community.netdata.cloud"><img alt="Discourse topics" src="https://img.shields.io/discourse/topics?server=https%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.netdata.cloud%2F&logo=discourse&label=discourse%20forum"></a> <a href="https://github.com/netdata/netdata/discussions"><img alt="GitHub Discussions" src="https://img.shields.io/github/discussions/netdata/netdata?logo=github&label=github%20discussions"></a> <br/> <a href="https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/projects/2231"><img src="https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/projects/2231/badge" alt="CII Best Practices"></a> <a href="https://scan.coverity.com/projects/netdata-netdata?tab=overview"><img alt="Coverity Scan" src="https://img.shields.io/coverity/scan/netdata"></a> </p> <p align="center"> <a href="https://registry.my-netdata.io/#menu_netdata_submenu_registry"><img src="https://registry.my-netdata.io/api/v3/badge.svg?chart=netdata.registry_entries&dimensions=persons&label=user%20base&units=M&value_color=blue&precision=2&divide=1000000&options=unaligned&tier=1&v44" alt="User base"></a> <a href="https://registry.my-netdata.io/#menu_netdata_submenu_registry"><img src="https://registry.my-netdata.io/api/v3/badge.svg?chart=netdata.registry_entries&dimensions=machines&label=servers%20monitored&units=M&divide=1000000&value_color=orange&precision=2&options=unaligned&tier=1&v44" alt="Servers monitored"></a> <a href="https://registry.my-netdata.io/#menu_netdata_submenu_registry"><img src="https://registry.my-netdata.io/api/v3/badge.svg?chart=netdata.registry_sessions&label=sessions%20served&units=M&value_color=yellowgreen&precision=2&divide=1000000&options=unaligned&tier=1&v44" alt="Sessions served"></a> <a href="https://hub.docker.com/r/netdata/netdata"><img src="https://registry.my-netdata.io/api/v3/badge.svg?chart=dockerhub.pulls_sum&divide=1000000&precision=1&units=M&label=docker+hub+pulls&options=unaligned&tier=1&v44" alt="Docker Hub pulls"></a> </p> <p align="center"><b>Visit our <a href="https://www.netdata.cloud">Home Page</a></b></p> <hr class="solid">

MENU: WHO WE ARE | KEY FEATURES | GETTING STARTED | HOW IT WORKS | FAQ | DOCS | COMMUNITY | CONTRIBUTE | LICENSE

[!WARNING] People get addicted to Netdata. Once you use it on your systems, there's no going back.

Platforms

WHO WE ARE

Netdata is an open-source, real-time infrastructure monitoring platform. Monitor, detect, and act across your entire infrastructure.

Core Advantages:

  • Instant Insights – With Netdata you can access per-second metrics and visualizations.
  • Zero Configuration – You can deploy immediately without complex setup.
  • ML-Powered – You can detect anomalies, predict issues, and automate analysis.
  • Efficient – You can monitor with minimal resource usage and maximum scalability.
  • Secure & Distributed – You can keep your data local with no central collection needed.

With Netdata, you get real-time, per-second updates. Clear insights at a glance, no complexity.

<details> <summary><strong>All heroes have a great origin story. Click to discover ours.</strong></summary> <br/>

In 2013, at the company where Costa Tsaousis was COO, a significant percentage of their cloud-based transactions failed silently, severely impacting business performance.

Costa and his team tried every troubleshooting tool available at the time. None could identify the root cause. As Costa later wrote:

“I couldn’t believe that monitoring systems provide so few metrics and with such low resolution, scale so badly, and cost so much to run.”

Frustrated, he decided to build his own monitoring tool, starting from scratch.

That decision led to countless late nights and weekends. It also sparked a fundamental shift in how infrastructure monitoring and troubleshooting are approached, both in method and in cost.

</details>

Most Energy-Efficient Monitoring Tool

<p align="center"> <a href="https://www.ivanomalavolta.com/files/papers/ICSOC_2023.pdf#gh-dark-mode-only"> <img src="https://github.com/netdata/netdata/assets/139226121/7118757a-38fb-48d7-b12a-53e709a8e8c0" alt="Energy Efficiency" width="800"/> </a> <a href="https://www.ivanomalavolta.com/files/papers/ICSOC_2023.pdf#gh-light-mode-only"> <img src="https://github.com/netdata/netdata/assets/139226121/4f64cbb6-05e4-48e3-b7c0-d1b79e37e219" alt="Energy efficiency" width="800"/> </a> </p>

According to the University of Amsterdam study, Netdata is the most energy-efficient tool for monitoring Docker-based systems. The study also shows Netdata excels in CPU usage, RAM usage, and execution time compared to other monitoring solutions.

Key Features

FeatureDescriptionWhat Makes It Unique
Real-TimePer-second data collection and processingWorks in a beat – click and see results instantly
Zero-ConfigurationAutomatic detection and discoveryAuto-discovers everything on the nodes it runs
ML-PoweredUnsupervised anomaly detectionTrains multiple ML models per metric at the edge
Long-Term RetentionHigh-performance storage~0.5 bytes per sample with tiered storage for archiving
Advanced VisualizationRich, interactive dashboardsSlice and dice data without query language
Extreme ScalabilityNative horizontal scalingParent-Child centralization with multi-million samples/s
Complete VisibilityFrom infrastructure to applicationsSimplifies operations and eliminates silos
Edge-BasedProcessing at your premisesDistributes code instead of centralizing data

[!NOTE]
Want to put Netdata to the test against Prometheus? Explore the full comparison.

Netdata Ecosystem

This three-part architecture enables you to scale from single nodes to complex multi-cloud environments:

ComponentDescriptionLicense
Netdata Agent• Core monitoring engine<br>• Handles collection, storage, ML, alerts, exports<br>• Runs on servers, cloud, K8s, IoT<br>• Zero production impactGPL v3+
Netdata Cloud• Enterprise features<br>• User management, RBAC, horizontal scaling<br>• Centralized alerts<br>• Free community tier<br>• No metric storage centralization
Netdata UI• Dashboards and visualizations<br>• Free to use<br>• Included in standard packages<br>• Latest version via CDNNCUL1

What You Can Monitor

With Netdata you can monitor all these components across platforms:

ComponentLinuxFreeBSDmacOSWindows
System Resources<small><br/>CPU, Memory and system shared resources</small>FullYesYesYes
Storage<small><br/>Disks, Mount points, Filesystems, RAID arrays</small>FullYesYesYes
Network<small><br/>Network Interfaces, Protocols, Firewall, etc</small>FullYesYesYes
Hardware & Sensors<small><br/>Fans, Temperatures, Controllers, GPUs, etc</small>FullSomeSomeSome
O/S Services<small><br/>Resources, Performance and Status</small>Yes<small><br/>systemd</small>---
Processes<small><br/>Resources, Performance, OOM, and more</small>YesYesYesYes
System and Application LogsYes<small><br/>systemd-journal--Yes<small><br/>Windows Event Log, ETW</small>
Network Connections<small><br/>Live TCP and UDP sockets per PID</small>Yes---
Containers<small><br/>Docker/containerd, LXC/LXD, Kubernetes, etc</small>Yes---
VMs (from the host)<small><br/>KVM, qemu, libvirt, Proxmox, etc</small>Yes<small><br/>cgroups</small>--Yes<small><br/>Hyper-V</small>
Synthetic Checks<small><br/>Test APIs, TCP ports, Ping, Certificates, etc</small>YesYesYesYes
Packaged Applications<small><br/>nginx, apache, postgre

…

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