Rosview

Overview

Rosview monitors your Linux servers over SSH, in the spirit of xosview: compact, segmented horizontal bars you can read at a glance.

One window per server, with bars for CPU, memory, swap, network and disks: Rosview shows how a Linux machine is doing without installing anything on it. It goes through your Mac's ssh, your keys and your ssh-agent.

When the load average nears the threshold you set for a server, its window background turns yellow, then red — you spot the struggling machine without even reading the numbers.

What it does

• CPU, memory, swap, network, disks: I/O throughput and how full each file system is.
• Three views: live bars, history graphs over 2 to 30 minutes, and the 15 busiest processes, sorted by CPU or memory.
• Adjustable refresh, from 1 to 60 seconds.
• Visual alert: the window turns yellow, then red, as the load average nears the server's threshold.
• One window per server, and each server is just a name and an ssh command.
• Nothing to install on the server: Rosview uses your Mac's /usr/bin/ssh, your keys and ssh-agent. No passwords are stored.
• In English and French.

Install

With Homebrew:

brew tap cbrassel/tap
brew trust cbrassel/tap   # Homebrew 7 and later
brew install --cask rosview

Or download Rosview-x.y.dmg from the releases page, open it and drag Rosview into Applications.

The app is signed with a Developer ID and notarized by Apple.

Requirements

• macOS 14 or later.
• A Linux server reachable with ssh, using key or ssh-agent authentication.