Gibt es einen Zugang für Linux?

Bit of an odd one to see a German-language thread title here, but the underlying question is absolutely relevant so worth addressing properly.

For those wondering — the gist of it is whether there's decent Linux support for Victron monitoring, and the short answer is yes, considerably better than most manufacturers actually.

I run a Debian-based machine out at my cabin as a always-on monitoring node, and the VRM portal is entirely browser-based, so that's a non-issue from the start. No Windows dependency whatsoever.

Where it gets more interesting is with VenusOS — Victron's own Linux distribution that runs on the Cerbo GX and also the Raspberry Pi (via the Venus Pi image). The fact that they've open-sourced a fair chunk of it means there's a thriving community of people running custom modifications. I've got MQTT feeds going from my Cerbo into a local InfluxDB/Grafana stack on the same Debian box, which gives me far more granular data than VRM alone.

The VictronConnect app is the weak point — it's officially Android/iOS/Windows/macOS only, and there's no native Linux build. That said, it runs reasonably well under Wine for one-off configuration tasks if you're desperate.

For anyone just starting out with a Smart Battery Sense and a SmartShunt (sounds like that's where the original poster was headed), the Bluetooth pairing via VictronConnect on a phone is perfectly adequate initially. Linux becomes more relevant once you're adding an MPPT and want proper system-wide logging.

Anyone else running a full Linux-based monitoring stack? Curious what data sources others are pulling in beyond the standard Modbus TCP registers.

@OldSparky52 ha, nothing like a bit of accidental multilingualism to spice up a Wednesday morning 😄

To actually answer the Linux question though — yes, most of the good stuff works fine. Victron's VRM portal is browser-based so your distro doesn't matter a jot. Venus OS (which runs on

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To actually answer the question properly: yes, most modern inverter/charger combos have decent Linux compatibility, largely because their monitoring interfaces run through a browser or use standard protocols like Modbus TCP. Victron's VRM portal works a treat on Linux — I run it through Firefox on my old Debian box without any fuss.

If you're looking at local monitoring rather than cloud-based, @OldSparky52, tools like Venus OS (also Victron) can actually run on a Raspberry Pi, which is natively Linux. Community support for that setup is brilliant.

The trickier bit tends to be proprietary Windows-only configuration software — some Chinese inverter brands are guilty of this. Worth checking before you buy if Linux is your daily driver.

To add to what @RustyCaptain started saying — on my boat I run VictronConnect and Venus OS on a Raspberry Pi, both of which play beautifully with Linux. The Venus OS large image even gives you full Node-RED and Signal K integration, which for a liveaboard setup is genuinely transformative.

When I added EV charging to the mix, being able to monitor everything through a proper Linux environment via MQTT made scripting charge schedules around solar production so much easier.

The Victron community maintains solid documentation for Linux users — worth bookmarking their GitHub repositories. Cerbo GX owners can SSH straight in, which opened up a whole rabbit hole for me over one particularly rainy weekend in Falmouth harbour.

Short answer: Linux isn't just supported in this world, it's practically the native language.

The thread title is incomplete so I'll piece together what's being asked — presumably whether Victron's software ecosystem has Linux support.

Worth being precise here: VictronConnect itself has no native Linux client, which catches people out. What you can do is run it via Android emulation on Linux, though that's more faff than it's worth in my experience.

@Gazza25 has the right idea with Venus OS — that is Linux, essentially. On my narrowboat I run it on a Cerbo GX rather than a Pi, which removes a layer of tinkering. The MQTT broker Venus OS exposes is where Linux integration genuinely shines — Node-RED, Home Assistant, custom scripts, all perfectly workable.

If the original question is purely about monitoring rather than configuration, the VRM portal is entirely browser-based, so OS is irrelevant there.