LightScope Dashboard

Live view of the unwanted traffic reaching a LightScope endpoint, built from the data as it arrives.

See it in action

Open the dashboard for one of our own sensors. Same charts, same live data, no setup.

Open your own dashboard

Enter the database name from your LightScope installation. Data appears within a few minutes of the first upload.

Reach out to Eric. This project is my passion, so if you want to chat about your results, have questions or suggestions, or want to collaborate, please write me at e@alumni.usc.edu. I promise I'm friendly.

How to find your database name

It is unique to your installation and available in any of these ways.

Linux: service status

The dashboard URL is in the Docs: line:

sudo systemctl status lightscope

● lightscope.service - LightScope Network Security Monitor Docs: https://thelightscope.com https://thelightscope.com/light_table/20250629_gvzdkbinpryhdrszsdzufpoeejxmoyhngrrjrjrxodfsuwf

Copy the name at the end of that URL and paste it above.

Linux: config file

sudo cat /opt/lightscope/config/config.ini

[Settings] database = 20250629_gvzdkbinpryhdrszsdzufpoeejxmoyhngrrjrjrxodfsuwf

macOS

grep '^database = ' /Applications/LightScope.app/Contents/Resources/config.ini | cut -d'=' -f2 | tr -d ' '

Or click View Dashboard in a LightScope notification, or run the helper:

curl -s https://thelightscope.com/latest/get-lightscope-dbname-mac.sh | bash

Windows

Find the LightScope icon in the system tray (bottom-right corner).
Right-click it and choose View Dashboard.

LightScope starts with Windows and runs in the background.