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Glances vs OpenPanel

A side-by-side editorial comparison of Glances and OpenPanel — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.

Glances vs OpenPanel: at a glance

FeatureGlancesOpenPanel
SectorAnalyticsAnalytics
Velocity score2.55.0
Sparks · 30d00
Top themessystem monitoring, security audit, gpu monitoring, rest apiproduct-analytics, open-source, self-hosted, release-builds
Last editorial update2mo ago1d ago
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What is Glances?

Every Glances release this year has carried CVE fixes — the monitoring tool is being audited in public.

Six releases since March, and all but one ship security patches. 4.5.2 alone corrected eight CVEs: CORS defaults allowing cross-origin credential theft, incomplete secrets redaction leaking password hashes and SNMP credentials through /api/v4/args, missing host validation leaving the REST API open to DNS rebinding, SQL injection in the DuckDB export, command injection through process names in action templates, and credential leakage via Zeroconf-spoofed browser autodiscovery. The pattern continues through 4.5.3, 4.5.4, 4.5.5 and 4.5.6, the last fixing a value-level bypass that leaked credentials embedded in URL config values. Alongside it, hardware coverage keeps widening — Intel and AMD GPUs, NVIDIA Jetson, Rockchip NPU and MPP, Raspberry Pi VideoCore.

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What is OpenPanel?

OpenPanel tags three more note-free builds in one evening, reaching 3.16.4.

OpenPanel tagged 3.16.2, 3.16.3 and 3.16.4 within about 80 minutes on October 27, after 3.16.1 the day before. Every entry is a build of main for supporters, installed with openpanel upgrade --supporter, and none carries release notes; public releases come from a separate self-hosting tag.

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Glances vs OpenPanel: editorial side-by-side

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Glances
ANALYTICS
2.5

Every Glances release this year has carried CVE fixes — the monitoring tool is being audited in public.

◆ Current state

Six releases since March, and all but one ship security patches. 4.5.2 alone corrected eight CVEs: CORS defaults allowing cross-origin credential theft, incomplete secrets redaction leaking password hashes and SNMP credentials through /api/v4/args, missing host validation leaving the REST API open to DNS rebinding, SQL injection in the DuckDB export, command injection through process names in action templates, and credential leakage via Zeroconf-spoofed browser autodiscovery. The pattern continues through 4.5.3, 4.5.4, 4.5.5 and 4.5.6, the last fixing a value-level bypass that leaked credentials embedded in URL config values. Alongside it, hardware coverage keeps widening — Intel and AMD GPUs, NVIDIA Jetson, Rockchip NPU and MPP, Raspberry Pi VideoCore.

◆ Where it's heading

This is what it looks like when a tool that grew up as a local terminal dashboard gets taken seriously as a network service. Nearly every advisory in the window comes from the same root assumption — that the REST API, XML-RPC server and autodiscovery browser are on a trusted network — and the fixes are systematically removing that assumption: authentication warnings on startup, host validation, tighter CORS, redaction that covers values as well as keys. The feature work continues in parallel and is almost entirely about reading more kinds of hardware.

◆ Prediction

The advisories have moved from transport-level exposure toward data-level leaks in specific endpoints, which suggests the remaining audit surface is the export backends and config serialisation rather than the servers themselves. Expect the next release to follow the same shape: hardware plugin additions plus another round of endpoint fixes.

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OpenPanel
ANALYTICS
5.0

OpenPanel tags three more note-free builds in one evening, reaching 3.16.4.

◆ Current state

OpenPanel tagged 3.16.2, 3.16.3 and 3.16.4 within about 80 minutes on October 27, after 3.16.1 the day before. Every entry is a build of main for supporters, installed with openpanel upgrade --supporter, and none carries release notes; public releases come from a separate self-hosting tag.

◆ Where it's heading

The 3.x line has climbed from 3.0.0 to 3.16.4 in under two weeks, with each bump published as a bare build. The cadence shows active development, but the feed gives no way to see what changed or which builds matter.

◆ Prediction

Expect more note-free supporter builds; a public self-hosting release with notes is the first point where the content of 3.x becomes visible.

Alternatives to Glances and OpenPanel

Other Analytics products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Glances or OpenPanel.

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Recent activity from Glances and OpenPanel

Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.

  1. 1d agoOpenPanel3.16.4: supporter build, no notes
  2. 1d agoOpenPanel3.16.3: supporter build, no notes
  3. 2d agoOpenPanel3.16.2: supporter build, no notes
  4. 3d agoOpenPanel3.16.1: supporter build, no notes
  5. 6d agoOpenPanel3.16.0: supporter build, no notes
  6. 6d agoOpenPanel3.15.0: supporter build, no notes
  7. 2mo agoGlancesCredential leak via URL values in /api/4/config
  8. 4mo agoGlancesContainer API latency, ARM GPU monitoring, and an AMP command-execution fix
  9. 6mo agoGlancesRockchip MPP and NPU monitoring, plus three CVE corrections
  10. 7mo agoGlancesLXC/LXD support, ClickHouse export, and two CVE mitigations
  11. 7mo agoGlancesEight CVEs corrected in one release
  12. 7mo agoGlancesStability fixes, Intel GPU monitoring, and container health alerting

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between Glances and OpenPanel?

They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. OpenPanel is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 2.5), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.

Is Glances better than OpenPanel?

Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. OpenPanel is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 2.5), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Analytics products to evaluate alongside.

What are the best alternatives to Glances?

Top Glances alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Glances alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/glances for the full list with editorial commentary on each.

What are the best alternatives to OpenPanel?

Top OpenPanel alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "OpenPanel alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/openpanel for the full list with editorial commentary on each.