Show HN: Kula – Lightweight, self-contained Linux server monitoring tool

Re:Show HN: Kula – Lightweight, self-contained Linux server ... by thebuilderjr on Friday March 06, 2026 @09:13PM (#47283727)

Interesting project. The README made the architecture clear for me: direct `/proc`/`/sys` reads, fixed-size ring-buffer tiers, single binary, no external DB.

I think the highest-leverage addition now would be one small benchmark table in the README/HN post for a tiny VPS (say 1 vCPU / 1 GB RAM): idle RSS, CPU%, disk write rate, and how much history the default 250/150/50 MB tiers actually retain.

That would answer the "why not Netdata?" question much faster, because the differentiator seems to be predictable resource usage rather than just another dashboard.

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Re:Show HN: Kula – Lightweight, self-contained Linux server ... by c0m4r on Friday March 06, 2026 @09:23PM (#47283807)

Netdata was actually THE reason I wanted to create my own real-time monitoring system. When I first came across Netdata, it was everything I needed, and its dashboard was fast, clean, and easy to use. But ever since they created the v3 dashboard and started aggressively advertising their cloud services, it became off-putting to me. Thank you for your suggestions, noted!

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