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

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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.

Most Energy-Efficient Monitoring Tool

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

> [!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:

What You Can Monitor

With Netdata you can monitor all these components across platforms:

On Linux, you can continuously monitor all kernel features and hardware sensors for errors, including Intel/AMD/Nvidia GPUs, PCI AER, RAM EDAC, IPMI, S.M.A.R.T, Intel RAPL, NVMe, fans, power supplies, and voltage readings.

Getting Started

You can install Netdata on all major operating systems. To begin:

1. Install Netdata

Choose your platform and follow the installation guide:

• Linux Installation
• macOS
• FreeBSD
• Windows
• Docker Guide
• Kubernetes Setup

> [!NOTE]
> You can access the Netdata UI at http://localhost:19999 (or http://NODE:19999 if remote).

2. Configure Collectors

Netdata auto-discovers most metrics, but you can manually configure some collectors:

• All collectors
• SNMP monitoring

3. Configure Alerts

You can use hundreds of built-in alerts and integrate with:

email, Slack, Telegram, PagerDuty, Discord, Microsoft Teams, and more.

> [!NOTE]
> Email alerts work by default if there's a configured MTA.

4. Configure Parents

You can centralize dashboards, alerts, and storage with Netdata Parents:

• Streaming Reference

> [!NOTE]
> You can use Netdata Parents for central dashboards, longer retention, and alert configuration.

5. Connect to Netdata Cloud

Sign in to Netdata Cloud and connect your nodes for:

• Access from anywhere
• Horizontal scalability and multi-node dashboards
• UI configuration for alerts and data collection
• Role-based access control
• Free tier available

> [!NOTE]
> Netdata Cloud is optional. Your data stays in your infrastructure.

Live Demo Sites

See Netdata in action

FRANKFURT |
NEWYORK |
ATLANTA |
SANFRANCISCO |
TORONTO |
SINGAPORE |
BANGALORE


These demo clusters run with default configuration and show real monitoring data.


Choose the instance closest to you for the best performance.

How It Works

With Netdata you can run a modular pipeline for metrics collection, processing, and visualization.

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  A[Netdata Agent]:::mainNode
  A1(Collect):::green --> A
  A2(Store):::green --> A
  A3(Learn):::green --> A
  A4(Detect):::green --> A
  A5(Check):::green --> A
  A6(Stream):::green --> A
  A7(Archive):::green --> A
  A8(Query):::green --> A
  A9(Score):::green --> A

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With each Agent you can:

1. Collect – Gather metrics from systems, containers, apps, logs, APIs, and synthetic checks.
2. Store – Save metrics to a high-efficiency, tiered time-series database.
3. Learn – Train ML models per metric using recent behavior.
4. Detect – Identify anomalies using trained ML models.
5. Check – Evaluate metrics against pre-set or custom alert rules.
6. Stream – Send metrics to Netdata Parents in real time.
7. Archive – Export metrics to Prometheus, InfluxDB, OpenTSDB, Graphite, and others.
8. Query – Access metrics via an API for dashboards or third-party tools.
9. Score – Use a scoring engine to find patterns and correlations across metrics.

> [!NOTE]
> Learn more: Netdata's architecture

Agent Capabilities

With the Netdata Agent, you can use these core capabilities out-of-the-box:

CNCF Membership

Netdata actively supports and is a member of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF).

It is one of the most starred projects in the CNCF landscape.

FAQ

:book: Documentation

Visit Netdata Learn for full documentation and guides.

> [!NOTE]
> Includes deployment, configuration, alerting, exporting, troubleshooting, and more.

:tada: Community

Join the Netdata community:

• Discord
• Forum
• GitHub Discussions

> [!NOTE]
> Code of Conduct

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:pray: Contribute

We welcome your contributions.

Ways you help us stay sharp:

• Share best practices and monitoring insights
• Report issues or missing features
• Improve documentation
• Develop new integrations or collectors
• Help users in forums and chats

> [!NOTE]
> Contribution guide

:scroll: License

The Netdata ecosystem includes:

• Netdata Agent – Open-source core (GPLv3+). Includes data collection, storage, ML, alerting, APIs and redistributes several other open-source tools and libraries.
• Netdata Agent License
• Netdata Agent Redistributed
• Netdata UI – Closed-source but free to use with Netdata Agent and Cloud. Delivered via CDN. It integrates third-party open-source components.
• Netdata Cloud UI License
• Netdata UI third-party licenses
• Netdata Cloud – Closed-source, with free and paid tiers. Adds remote access, SSO, scalability.