Netdata is an open-source observability platform designed to monitor systems, containers, applications, and infrastructure in real time. It collects thousands of metrics per node every second with minimal configuration, offering interactive dashboards, anomaly detection, and alerting capabilities out of the box. Netdata supports on-premise and cloud environments and is built to scale from single-node setups to large distributed systems. Its lightweight agent processes data at the edge, ensuring fast, efficient monitoring with full data ownership and privacy.