dashdot (stylized as « dash. ») is a minimalist and polished server monitoring dashboard, described by its author as « the simplest way to monitor your single-node setup ». Where tools like Grafana or Netdata aim for comprehensiveness and fleet-wide supervision, dashdot takes the opposite approach: a lightweight and beautiful dashboard designed for a single server — typically a small VPS or private server.
The interface displays essential system metrics in real time: CPU usage, RAM memory, disk space, network activity, GPU performance, operating system information, uptime, and host machine details. All presented in a contemporary glassmorphism style, with dynamic backgrounds and smooth animations, making monitoring visually appealing without sacrificing readability.
dashdot is built with React on the frontend and Node.js/Express on the backend. This architecture ensures good responsiveness even on modest hardware, and the application runs entirely offline: everything stays on your machine, with no data transmitted externally. Configuration is done via environment variables, making it very easy to adapt.
The preferred deployment method is Docker: a lightweight image (~210 MB), multi-architecture (x86 and ARM64). Under the MIT license, dashdot is aimed at anyone seeking an elegant, instant monitoring dashboard without complex configuration — without the overhead of a full supervision stack. You install and maintain it on your VPS Docker hosted in France.
