System visibility
User-space collectors report CPU, memory, disk, process, and network metrics. The server records metric snapshots, status history, and alerts.
OMG PROJECT / INFRASTRUCTURE
TheWatcher
Know what your systems are doing.
A server and endpoint monitoring platform with user-space agents, a server data plane, runtime configuration, and a web dashboard.
01 / OVERVIEW
Know what your systems are doing.
TheWatcher brings agents, metrics, and operator workflows together. Agents initiate connections, send measurements and heartbeats, and request their current configuration.
The server stores monitoring data and exposes an API for the React dashboard. The project includes build and operation guidance for Windows, Linux, and BSD, with release milestones still in progress.
02 / PROJECT FOCUS
What the work involves.
Agent management
Enrollment approval, configuration changes, and operator commands use agent-initiated connections. Operators can inspect pending agents and their current state.
An operator dashboard
The React interface brings together monitoring, enrollment, configuration, alerts, users and groups, views, runbooks, and maintenance workflows.
03 / CURRENT STATE
Read the limits.
Alpha is still in progress. Beta and a production release are planned.
- The progress tracker is the source of truth for release readiness.
- PostgreSQL support is planned. The current server uses SQLite.
- Supported production dashboard hosting, recovery procedures, and load testing remain on the release tracker.
BUILD IN THE OPEN
One useful contribution
is a good place to start.
Read the project guidance and open issues before contributing. A focused bug report, documentation improvement, or test case can help. Check the repository’s security guidance before reporting a potential vulnerability.