On 2026/05/19 14:33:27 Leonid Borchuk wrote:
> Hi, developers!
>
> I'd like to talk about the command center. )
>
> I know it's a paid feature for historical reasons. Here in Russia, I might
> count about 4 different command centers: one for sale and others for
> internal purposes only. All of them are good at something, but they have
> one significant drawback in common: they are closed-source.
>
> We had a discussion https://github.com/apache/cloudberry/discussions/1046 .
>
> I want to move forward and propose an open-source command center. Right
> now, it's worse than all the commercial counterparts. But as we have seen
> many times before, all of them will eventually become obsolete, and only
> open-source compatible solutions will remain.
>
> What I have:
> 1. A special extension to send query data from CloudBerry to an external
> agent
> https://github.com/apache/cloudberry/tree/main/gpcontrib/gp_stats_collector
> 2. A service to gather and aggregate data
> https://github.com/open-gpdb/yagpcc
>
> It has various interfaces - grpc/csv/json. And a generated UI (using LLM, I
> do not understand how it works but it works). Times have changed and we
> could easily generate other features like pg_dash has
> https://github.com/avamingli/pg_dash
>
> What I would like to do:
> 1. Create new cloudberry ecosystem repository
> https://github.com/apache/cloudberry-command-center (need help with how to
> do this ) )
> 2. Rename and move https://github.com/open-gpdb/yagpcc to
> https://github.com/apache/cloudberry-command-center
> 3. Seize power Declare it as a new open source command center and encourage
> all those interested in developing the functionality to join and make
> contributions.
>
> I would like to hear your thoughts on my initiative. Will it interfere with
> other plans? Perhaps there is a better candidate. Perhaps the solution
> should be significantly improved and only then called a command center.
>
> Looking forward to your thoughts.
>
> WBW, Leonid
>
Hi,
+1 from me — really glad to see someone stepping up to drive this. A command
center / monitoring solution would be genuinely convenient for users, and an
open-source one is something the community has been needing for a while.
You're right that in the AI era, generating both frontend and backend has
become remarkably accessible — even within a day, as pg_dash nicely
demonstrates. That said, not every user has access to AI tooling, and many
would simply prefer a ready-to-use solution over building their own from
scratch. In that sense, having a unified interface is valuable for both
developers and end users.
It doesn't need to be perfect from day one — what matters is that something
exists as a starting point the community can rally around and improve together
over time. Happy to help where I can.
Best regards,
Zhang Mingli
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