MySQL Monitor: MySQL Monitoring Script

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Updated October 2026: MySQL Monitor has had a major update. The single table of counters is now a live dashboard with per-second rates, alerts, health checks and process and top-query views. See What’s New below. As a sysadmin or DBA, you need a fast way to see how MySQL is doing. I’ve used plenty of… continue reading.
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MySQL Monitor just got its biggest update since I first shared it back in January 2025.

It’s now a live dashboard instead of a single table, with per-second rates and sparklines, ✓/:warning:/✗ marks and an alerts box with tuning hints.

New views cover health checks (h), running processes with kill (p) and top queries from performance_schema (t). That last one finally catches the fast queries a process list never shows.

It fits any terminal size and runs on MySQL 5.7/8.0 and MariaDB. The classic table is still on the r key.

Same one-line install as before. I’ve updated the post above with the details and new screenshots. Let me know how it runs on your servers.

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Very nice. Just downloaded and started it on my new mysql server install

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