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title: Perses support for Prometheus
nav_title: Perses
sort_rank: 3
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[Perses](https://perses.dev) is an open-source dashboard and visualization platform designed for observability, with
native support for Prometheus as a data source.
It enables users to create, manage, and share dashboards for monitoring metrics and visualizing data.
Perses aims to provide a simple, flexible, and extensible alternative to other dashboarding tools, focusing on ease of
use, community-driven development, GitOps capabilities and dashboard as code approach.

Here is an example of a Perses dashboard querying Prometheus for data:

[![Perses screenshot](/assets/docs/perses_prometheus.png)](/assets/docs/perses_prometheus.png)

## Installing

To install Perses, see the official [Perses documentation](https://perses.dev/perses/docs/installation/in-a-container/).

## Using

By default, Perses will be listening on port `8080`. You can access the web UI at `http://localhost:8080`. There is no
login by default.

### Creating a Prometheus data source

To learn about how to set up a data source in Perses, please refer
to [Perses documentation](https://perses.dev/perses/docs/concepts/datasources).
Once this connection to your Prometheus instance is configured, you are able to query it from the Dashboard and Explore
views.

### Importing pre-built dashboards

Perses is providing a set of pre-built dashboards that you can import into your instance. These dashboards are
maintained by the community and can be found in
the [Perses dashboard repository](https://github.com/perses/community-dashboards)