Collectd-web: A User-Friendly Interface for Collectd

Collectd-web provides a sleek, intuitive, and customizable web interface for Collectd – the robust resource monitoring tool. Originally, Collectd's bundled frontend was designed only for testing, leaving its full potential untapped. Collectd-web bridges that gap by offering an efficient, user-centered experience for monitoring system statistics.

🐍 Upcoming: Python Backend Rewrite

The Perl CGI backend is being replaced with a clean Python Flask application. All graph functionality is preserved — just lighter, easier to deploy, and ready for community contributions.

PR #168 — Python Flask backend is open for review. Feedback welcome!

Key changes: removes librrds-perl, libjson-perl, libhtml-parser-perl, libcgi-pm-perl, libipc-run-perl — replaced by pip install flask rrdtool. Full pytest suite included.

📌 Project Status

Maintenance mode. Collectd-web is stable and actively maintained for bug fixes and security updates. New feature development is limited. If you depend on collectd-web, it is safe to use — just expect incremental rather than major changes going forward.

Found a bug? Please open an issue. Have a question or want to discuss the project? Join us in GitHub Discussions.

📊 Table of Contents

• 🚀 Features
• 🛠 Installation and Usage
• 🔗 Links
• 📄 License
• 💰 Funding
• 📝 Contributing

🚀 Features

• Intuitive Dashboard: Easily visualize system statistics with a responsive design.
• Customizable Interface: Adjust the display to highlight the data that matters to you.
• Quick Deployment: Launch the built-in, standalone web server with minimal setup.
• Efficient Monitoring: Optimized for performance and usability in monitoring diverse systems.

🛠 Installation and Usage

For installation, deployment, and troubleshooting details, see docs/installation.md.

That guide covers:

• Debian / Ubuntu package install
• standalone server usage
• Nginx reverse proxy setup
• Apache CGI setup
• common graph, permission, and service startup problems

The standalone server default is http://127.0.0.1:8888/.

🔗 Links

• Project Homepage: Collectd-web on GitHub
• Community Discussions: GitHub Discussions
• Code of Conduct: Please review our Code of Conduct for community guidelines.

📄 License

Collectd-web is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License. For full license details, please refer to the LICENSE file.

💰 Funding

If you find Collectd-web useful, please consider supporting its development. Donations can be made via PayPal. Your support is greatly appreciated!

📝 Contributing

We welcome contributions from the community. For details on how to get involved, please see our CONTRIBUTING.md.