# Beszel

> Beszel is a free, open-source app you can self-host in the monitoring & status pages category. Lightweight server monitoring hub with Docker stats, history and alerts. It has 25,991 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and ships a Docker image.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/henrygd/beszel |
| Website | https://beszel.dev/ |
| GitHub stars | 25,991 |
| Forks | 1,065 |
| Open issues | 243 |
| License | MIT |
| License type | Open source |
| Language | Go |
| Docker image | Yes |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Categories | Monitoring & Status Pages |
| Commits, last 12 months | 701 |
| Last commit | Oct 5, 2026 |
| Latest release | v0.21.0 (Oct 2, 2026) |
| Created | Jul 7, 2024 |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained |
| Archived | No |

Topics: homelab, monitoring, self-hosted

## Install

Beszel ships a Docker image; follow the README at https://github.com/henrygd/beszel for the image name and environment variables.

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