Mr Big - Windows client for Xymon
Has anyone seen this before? It's a C-based client for Windows.
https://github.com/xymon-mrbig/MrBig
Mark
I think it would be great if there were an official Xymon client for Windows.
For what it's worth, I have been using the PowerShell based client for a long time with all my Windows systems.
https://krisspringer.com/posts/xymon-ps-client.php
Installation is really easy. I downloaded a copy and edited xymonclient_config.xml to have my server's FQDN. When I set up a new Windows system, I just copy that folder to C:\Program Files\Xymon, open the PowerShell prompt and type:
c: cd '\program files\xymon' unblock-file xymonclient.ps1 .\xymonclient.ps1 install .\xymonclient.ps1 start exit
I usually don't need the "c:" or "unblock-file xymonclient.ps1" commands at all.
Jaime Kikpole
Director of Technology Ichabod Crane Central School District (518) 758-7575, x5425
On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 1:08 PM Mark Felder via Xymon <xymon@xymon.com> wrote:
Has anyone seen this before? It's a C-based client for Windows.
https://github.com/xymon-mrbig/MrBig
Mark
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Hi,
this was written by my colleague Ulric Ericsson and used to monitor thousands of windows servers with central configuration management. It was created in the early 2000 when we were running BigBrother and there were no really good windows client alternatives.
It was still if full use when I left the company around 2014.
br Johan Björklund
On Wednesday, January 21st, 2026 at 19:09, Mark Felder via Xymon <xymon@xymon.com> wrote:
Has anyone seen this before? It's a C-based client for Windows.
https://github.com/xymon-mrbig/MrBig
Mark
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Hi, I have used xymon for many years. We are still using it on our unix/linux environment on >800 servers We used also to have some of the important Windows server in xymon We use BBwin that is a reasonable good and simple to install. I have also tested a pure powershell script that worked OK.
BR //Tomas
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Hi,
this was written by my colleague Ulric Ericsson and used to monitor thousands of windows servers with central configuration management. It was created in the early 2000 when we were running BigBrother and there were no really good windows client alternatives.
It was still if full use when I left the company around 2014.
br Johan Björklund
On Wednesday, January 21st, 2026 at 19:09, Mark Felder via Xymon <xymon@xymon.com> wrote:
Has anyone seen this before? It's a C-based client for Windows.
https://github.com/xymon-mrbig/MrBig
Mark
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Hi,
I made some major changes and enhancements to the windows client. I posted this some time ago in this list.
Changes are published on a private github repository, but I will clean these up and publish them on a public repository.
Stef
On 2026-01-21 19:08, Mark Felder via Xymon wrote:
Has anyone seen this before? It's a C-based client for Windows.
https://github.com/xymon-mrbig/MrBig
Mark
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participants (6)
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ANDERSSON Tomas
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Henrik Juul Størner
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Jaime Kikpole
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Johan Björklund
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Mark Felder
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Stef Coene