Glances Files

What's Changed

Breaking changes:

• A new Python API is now available to use Glances as a Python lib in your hown development [#3237]
• In the process list, the long command line is now truncated by default. Use the arrow keys to show the full command line. SHIFT + arrow keys are used to switch between column sorts (TUI).
• Prometheus export format is now more user friendly (see detail in [#3283])

Enhancements:

• Make a Glances API in order to use Glances as a Python lib [#3237]
• Add a new --fetch (neofetch like) option to display a snapshot of the current system status [#3281]
• Show used port in container section [#2054]
• Show long command line with arrow key [#1553]
• Sensors plugin refresh by default every 10 seconds
• Do not call update if a call is done to a specific plugin through the API [#3033]
• [UI] Process virtual memory display can be disable by configuration [#3299]
• Choose between used or available in the mem plugin [#3288]
• [Experimental] Add export to DuckDB database [#3205]
• Add Disk I/O Latency stats [#1070]
• Filter fields to export [#3258]
• Remove .keys() from loops over dicts [#3253]
• Remove iterator helpers [#3252]

Bug corrected:

• [MACOS] Glances not showing Processes on MacOS [#3100]
• Last dev build broke Homepage API calls ? only 1 widget still working [#3322]
• Cloud plugin always generate communication with 169.254.169.254, even if the plugin is disabled [#3316]
• API response delay (3+ minutes) when VMs are running [#3317]
• [WINDOWS] Glances do not display CPU stat correctly [#3155]
• Glances hangs if network device (NFS) is no available [#3290]
• Fix prometheus export format [#3283]
• Issue [#3279] zfs cache and memory math issues [#3289]
• [MACOS] Glances crashes when I try to filter [#3266]
• Glances hang when killing process with muliple CTRL-C [#3264]
• Issues after disabling system and processcount plugins [#3248]
• Headers missing from predefined fields in TUI browser machine list [#3250]
• Add another check for the famous Netifaces issue - Related to [#3219]
• Key error 'type' in server_list_static.py (load_server_list) [#3247]

Continuous integration and documentation:

• Glances now use uv for the dev environment [#3025]
• Glances is compatible with Python 3.14 [#3319]
• Glances provides requirements files with specific versions for each release
• Requirements files are now generated dynamically with the make requirements or requirements-upgrade target
• Add duplicate line check in pre-commit (strange behavor with some VScode extension)
• Solve issue with multiprocessing exception with Snap package
• Add a test script for identify CPU consumption of sensor plugin
• Refactor port to take into account netifaces2
• Correct issue with Chrome driver in WebUI unit test
• Upgrade export test with InfluxDB 1.12
• Fix typo of --export-process-filter help message [#3314]
• In the outdated feature, catch error message if Pypi server not reachable
• Add unit test for auto_unit
• Label error in docs [#3286]
• Put WebUI conf generator in a dedicated script
• Refactor the Makefile to generate WebUI config file for all webui targets
• Update sensors documentation [#3275]
• Update docker compose env quote [#3273]
• Update docker-compose.yml [#3249]
• Update API doc generation
• Update README with nice icons [#3236]
• Add documentation for WebUI test

New Contributors

• @korn3r made their first contribution in https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/pull/3249
• @lawrence-c made their first contribution in https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/pull/3273
• @timrettop made their first contribution in https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/pull/3275
• @jmwallach made their first contribution in https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/pull/3286
• @DeepSpace2 made their first contribution in https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/pull/3283
• @syohex made their first contribution in https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/pull/3314
• @nicolargo

Full Changelog: https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/compare/v4.3.3...v4.4.0