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# Glances {#module-serives-glances}

Glances an Eye on your system. A top/htop alternative for GNU/Linux, BSD, Mac OS
and Windows operating systems.

Visit [the Glances project page](https://github.com/nicolargo/glances) to learn
more about it.

# Quickstart {#module-serives-glances-quickstart}

Use the following configuration to start a public instance of Glances locally:

```nix
{
  services.glances = {
    enable = true;
    openFirewall = true;
  };
}
```

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Title: Glances: System Monitoring Tool Quickstart
Summary
This chunk introduces Glances, a cross-platform system monitoring tool described as an alternative to top/htop for various operating systems (GNU/Linux, BSD, Mac OS, Windows). It provides a link to the Glances project page for more information and includes a quickstart configuration example using Nix to enable Glances and open the firewall for local public access.