[NEW] Bitcoin Node Dashboard 1.3.0

[ComasSky]

Hello,

I'd like to share with you the project I've been working on for the past few days.

I wanted a simple/minimalist/stylish/responsive dashboard to check the status of my Bitcoin node and its interactions with the network.

https://github.com/comassky/btc-node-dashboard

A Quarkus backend that queries a Bitcoin node via RPC and sends the information back to a VueJs/Tailwind frontend designed to be as lightweight and simple as possible.

Feel free to use, contribute, and/or give me feedback!

GPL-3.0 license

https://talkimg.com/images/2025/12/11/UTjuzW.png

[flapduck]

This looks really slick, nice work. I had a look at the repo and you've basically built the sweet spot between an "ugly-but-useful CLI" and "Grafana + Prometheus + three exporters just to see block height". Quarkus + Vue3 + Tailwind with WebSocket updates every few seconds is a pretty tasteful stack for this kind of thing, and the native GraalVM image with ~30MB RAM / instant startup is a fun flex for people running this on small VPSes or Pi-class boxes.

Feature-wise, the real-time peer charts and client/version distribution are a nice touch compared to the usual "just show block height and mempool size" dashboards. If you ever feel like extending it, a lightweight "alert" row (e.g. big red banner when node is out of sync, low peers, or RPC unreachable) would make this thing perfect as a wall-monitor on a second screen.

Overall though, for something hacked together over a few days, this looks very polished already.

[ComasSky]

Thank you for your feedback ! 

The idea is to place this proposal between the CLI Sauvage and the very (too?) busy Grafana graph.

Something plug and play, and lightweight. I attach importance to having a pleasant and “efficient” UX/UI. The idea is really to have a summary view that is sufficient.

Regarding the banner, there is already a banner at the top that indicates whether the backend and the Bitcoin node are available.

But perhaps I have misunderstood your needs?

[Vod]

Something plug and play, and lightweight. I attach importance to having a pleasant and “efficient” UX/UI. The idea is really to have a summary view that is sufficient.

Inefficient UIs are one of the leading reasons software fails!    Before windows, software was all text menus - the worst thing you could do there was mistakenly obfuscate a common command.  Now there are entire departments (pre-AI) dedicated to maintaining a consistent UI.    Those who stray or try new UIs can see a very good product not get the attention it deserves.

I like to imagine integrating the blockchain (on games) instead of analyzing it like so many here do.   A good example of a great game with a new UI would be https://www.linewar.com/

[ComasSky]

New release today : 1.1.0

https://github.com/comassky/btc-node-dashboard

Many improvements but essentially :

• Added a warning mechanism if there are few outgoing peers (if < 8 by default, can be changed in the configuration)
  
• Added basic detection of Out of sync with a display on the page (if the last block is 1 hour old or there is a difference of 2 blocks with header or verification < 0.9999)
• Memory optimization / cache mechanics (smart retry policy / parallelization of RPC calls)
• Addition of comprehensive unit tests
• Bump latest library version

[ComasSky]

New release today : 1.2.0

https://github.com/comassky/btc-node-dashboard

Many improvements, but essentially :

• Some UX/UI improvements (Mempool link, color rules, tooltip, spinner)
  
• Full reactive / async (Quarkus Mutiny)
• RPC parallel calls
• Better cache & better error catch
• Switch to Quay IO optimized Quarkus image
• The peer table can now be sorted

[ComasSky]

New release today : 1.3.0

https://github.com/comassky/btc-node-dashboard

Many improvements, but essentially :

• New Pie chart (donuts)
• Many Front & Back optimizations
• Add mempool info (can be disable with DASHBOARD_DISABLE_MEMPOOL = true)
• UX/UI Optimization
• Lightest & better performance
• Add network information : enable / disable for each IPv4 / IPv6 / Tor / Cjdns
• Update libraries & dependencies

[ComasSky]

New release today : 1.4.0

https://github.com/comassky/btc-node-dashboard

Many improvements, but essentially :

• Switch to Java 25
• Update frontend & backend software librairies
• Add "gray" mode
• Many optimisation
• Logs adjustements