Monitoring Linux servers without Grafana, Docker, or agents

Checking server health usually means running the same commands again and again:

top, free, df, ss, ps…

Grafana is powerful — but often overkill for quick monitoring.

So I built Server Status.

A real-time, Grafana-inspired dashboard that runs entirely inside the terminal.

• No browser.
• No services.
• No setup.

Just run:

server-status

And instantly see:

1. CPU (total + per core)
2. Memory & swap
3. Disk usage
4. Network RX/TX
5. Active connections
6. Processes
7. Top CPU-hungry tasks
8. Service status (nginx, mysql, docker, custom)
9. Fast. Lightweight. Flicker-free.

Install in 10 seconds:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nurulislamrimon/server-status/main/server-status.sh -o server-status
chmod +x server-status
sudo mv server-status /usr/local/bin/server-status

Customize it:

server-status --refresh 2 --services "nginx,mysql,docker"

GitHub: https://github.com/nurulislamrimon/server-status

If it helps you, a ⭐ means a lot.

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Code. Scale. Repeat.

• Nurul Islam Rimon,

Fullstack Dev at ExpertSquad.net