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

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.

Is there any meaningful reason to add the project structure to the README, and add a copyright symbol to every mention of Linux? I'm not quite sure by what standards it's considered to be lightweight, but it may be useful for homelab owners.

Anyway, Zabbix still looks like a better solution by any metric.

dash. (or dashdot) https://github.com/MauriceNino/dashdot is another alternative that is pretty lightweight but has fewer details. Live Demo: https://dash.mauz.dev

I'm very curious where you got the inspiration for the name for this! I've been using Kula/Kulahan as a username for years and almost never see it anywhere else

Vibe coded netdata clone?