IN THE FIELD GUIDE
chmonitor
chmonitor.dev
chmonitor is an open source, self-hosted monitoring dashboard for ClickHouse clusters that provides real-time insights into queries, merges, replication, and cluster health. It includes an AI advisor for schema and tuning, and supports alerting integrations with Slack, Discord, PagerDuty, and Opsgenie.
THE PRODUCT, BEYOND THE PITCH
Editorially reviewed · Sources checked Sep 10, 2026
A good fit for
- Operators and teams running ClickHouse clusters who want a self-hosted, open source monitoring solution with AI advisory capabilities.
- Teams needing integrated alerting with popular incident management tools like Slack, PagerDuty, and Opsgenie.
Know the limitations
- The software requires self-hosting infrastructure; hosted cloud is optional but not mandatory.
What you can do
- Monitoring and diagnosing ClickHouse cluster performance and health in real time.
- Using AI-driven recommendations to optimize ClickHouse schema and query performance.
Features
- Real-time monitoring of queries, merges, parts, replication, and cluster health from ClickHouse system tables without requiring exporters or extra storage.
- Built-in AI advisor that reads schema and query logs to provide recommendations and tuning advice, accessible via MCP endpoint for integration with clients like Claude and Cursor.
- Alerting system with threshold alerts configurable per check, integrated with Slack, Discord, PagerDuty, Opsgenie, and more, including full fire and recovery history.
- Data Explorer to browse databases and tables, map dependencies, and run SQL queries directly within the dashboard.
- Insights feature that automatically surfaces record-breaking queries, storage stats, and a full year of activity without requiring dashboard setup.
Integrations
Not confirmed yet.
Platforms & data export
Not confirmed yet.
THE COST FOR YOUR TEAM
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A practical workflow
- Connect chmonitor to a ClickHouse cluster to get an overview dashboard with live query rate, memory, connections, merges, and disk usage charts without needing to build dashboards or run exporters.
- Use the AI agent by connecting over MCP from clients like Claude or Cursor to ask questions about the cluster and receive schema-aware recommendations.
- Configure alert thresholds per health check and route alerts to Slack, Discord, PagerDuty, or Opsgenie with full fire and recovery history and AI audit prompts for failing checks.
Based on the sources below. Editorial review does not imply hands-on product testing.
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