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7/13/2026
Build a Real-Time Server Dashboard with Python & WebSockets

Build a Real-Time Server Dashboard with Python & WebSockets

Short summary

A step-by-step tutorial for building a real-time server monitoring dashboard using Python (psutil + aiohttp) and vanilla JavaScript with Chart.js. The backend collects CPU, memory, network, and disk metrics and pushes them to browsers via WebSocket every 2 seconds. Includes full code for metric collection, WebSocket broadcasting, and a dark-themed auto-reconnecting frontend.

  • Build a real-time server dashboard with Python psutil and aiohttp WebSockets
  • Backend pushes CPU, RAM, network, and disk metrics every 2 seconds
  • Frontend uses Chart.js sparklines with auto-reconnect WebSocket client

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