https://matbm.net/toolbox/monitoring/Monitoring apps I use and recommend: Healthchecks.io, btop, changedetection.io, htop, Netdata and Scrutiny. Keeping an eye on servers, disks and websites.Hugoen-USSun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://matbm.net/toolbox/monitoring/#btophttps://matbm.net/toolbox/monitoring/#btopSun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000Monitoring<p><img src="https://matbm.net/images/toolbox/btop.svg" width="64" height="64" alt="btop logo"></p><p>Good-looking resource monitor for the terminal, with graphs for CPU, memory, disks, network and processes, plus mouse support.</p><ul><li>Platforms: Linux, macOS</li><li>License: Free and open source, command line only</li><li>Categories: <a href="https://matbm.net/toolbox/monitoring/">Monitoring</a></li></ul><p><a href="https://github.com/aristocratos/btop">Get btop</a></p>https://matbm.net/toolbox/monitoring/#htophttps://matbm.net/toolbox/monitoring/#htopSun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000Monitoring<p><img src="https://matbm.net/images/toolbox/htop_hu_43a09f0f336ddc0.png" width="64" height="64" alt="htop logo"></p><p>Interactive process viewer for the terminal: see CPU, memory and every process at a glance, then sort, filter or kill them.</p><ul><li>Platforms: Linux, macOS</li><li>License: Free and open source, command line only</li><li>Categories: <a href="https://matbm.net/toolbox/monitoring/">Monitoring</a></li></ul><p><a href="https://htop.dev/">Get htop</a></p>https://matbm.net/toolbox/monitoring/#healthcheckshttps://matbm.net/toolbox/monitoring/#healthchecksWed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000MonitoringSelf Hosting<p><img src="https://matbm.net/images/toolbox/healthchecks.svg" width="64" height="64" alt="Healthchecks.io logo"></p><p>Monitors cron jobs and scheduled tasks: each run pings it, and it alerts you when a ping is late or missing.</p><blockquote><p><em>It&rsquo;s a must-have for self-hosting. Things just go wrong sometimes. You can send alerts everywhere.</em></p></blockquote><ul><li>Platforms: Web, Linux</li><li>License: Free and open source</li><li>Categories: <a href="https://matbm.net/toolbox/monitoring/">Monitoring</a>, <a href="https://matbm.net/toolbox/self-hosting/">Self Hosting</a></li></ul><p><a href="https://healthchecks.io/">Get Healthchecks.io</a></p>https://matbm.net/toolbox/monitoring/#changedetectionhttps://matbm.net/toolbox/monitoring/#changedetectionTue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000MonitoringAutomationSelf Hosting<p><img src="https://matbm.net/images/toolbox/changedetection.svg" width="64" height="64" alt="changedetection.io logo"></p><p>Watches web pages and alerts you when they change: prices, restocks, news or any part of a page.</p><blockquote><p><em>Useful to track prices, concert tickets and much more.</em></p></blockquote><ul><li>Platforms: Linux, Web</li><li>License: Free and open source</li><li>Categories: <a href="https://matbm.net/toolbox/monitoring/">Monitoring</a>, <a href="https://matbm.net/toolbox/automation/">Automation</a>, <a href="https://matbm.net/toolbox/self-hosting/">Self Hosting</a></li></ul><p><a href="https://changedetection.io/">Get changedetection.io</a></p>https://matbm.net/toolbox/monitoring/#netdatahttps://matbm.net/toolbox/monitoring/#netdataTue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000MonitoringSelf Hosting<p><img src="https://matbm.net/images/toolbox/netdata.svg" width="64" height="64" alt="Netdata logo"></p><p>Real-time monitoring for servers and apps, with per-second metrics, dashboards and alerts out of the box.</p><ul><li>Platforms: Linux, macOS, Windows, Web</li><li>License: Free and open source</li><li>Categories: <a href="https://matbm.net/toolbox/monitoring/">Monitoring</a>, <a href="https://matbm.net/toolbox/self-hosting/">Self Hosting</a></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.netdata.cloud/">Get Netdata</a></p>https://matbm.net/toolbox/monitoring/#scrutinyhttps://matbm.net/toolbox/monitoring/#scrutinyTue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000MonitoringSelf Hosting<p><img src="https://matbm.net/images/toolbox/scrutiny.svg" width="64" height="64" alt="Scrutiny logo"></p><p>Disk health dashboard that tracks S.M.A.R.T. data and warns you before a drive fails.</p><ul><li>Platforms: Linux, Windows, macOS, Web</li><li>License: Free and open source</li><li>Categories: <a href="https://matbm.net/toolbox/monitoring/">Monitoring</a>, <a href="https://matbm.net/toolbox/self-hosting/">Self Hosting</a></li></ul><p><a href="https://github.com/AnalogJ/scrutiny">Get Scrutiny</a></p>