diff --git a/cmd/serve.go b/cmd/serve.go
index 0fd283d0..9c601a66 100644
--- a/cmd/serve.go
+++ b/cmd/serve.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/FreifunkBremen/yanic/respond"
 	"github.com/FreifunkBremen/yanic/runtime"
 	"github.com/FreifunkBremen/yanic/webserver"
+	"github.com/FreifunkBremen/yanic/webserver/prometheus"
 )
 
 // serveCmd represents the serve command
@@ -39,13 +40,6 @@ var serveCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		}
 		defer allOutput.Close()
 
-		if config.Webserver.Enable {
-			log.Infof("starting webserver on %s", config.Webserver.Bind)
-			srv := webserver.New(config.Webserver.Bind, config.Webserver.Webroot)
-			go webserver.Start(srv)
-			defer srv.Close()
-		}
-
 		if config.Respondd.Enable {
 			// Delaying startup to start at a multiple of `duration` since the zero time.
 			if duration := config.Respondd.Synchronize.Duration; duration > 0 {
@@ -60,6 +54,22 @@ var serveCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			defer collector.Close()
 		}
 
+		if config.Webserver.Enable {
+			log.Infof("starting webserver on %s", config.Webserver.Bind)
+			srv := webserver.New(config.Webserver)
+			go webserver.Start(srv)
+			if config.Webserver.Prometheus.Enable {
+				if config.Respondd.Enable {
+					prometheus.CreateExporter(config.Webserver.Prometheus, srv, collector, nodes)
+				} else {
+					log.Panic("to use prometheus exporter, please enable [respondd].")
+				}
+			}
+			defer srv.Close()
+		} else if config.Webserver.Prometheus.Enable {
+			log.Panic("to use prometheus exporter, please enable [webserver].")
+		}
+
 		// Wait for INT/TERM
 		sigs := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
 		signal.Notify(sigs, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
diff --git a/config_example.toml b/config_example.toml
index 8c1604e3..05482e59 100644
--- a/config_example.toml
+++ b/config_example.toml
@@ -54,6 +54,15 @@ enable  = false
 bind    = "127.0.0.1:8080"
 webroot = "/var/www/html/meshviewer"
 
+[webserver.prometheus]
+# need webserver and respondd enabled (the exporter used the first interface
+enable   = false
+# how long to wait till answer are calulated
+wait     = "1s"
+# how old values are allowed 
+outdated = "2s"
+
+
 
 [nodes]
 # Cache file
diff --git a/webserver/config.go b/webserver/config.go
index 6edca0bb..4998caae 100644
--- a/webserver/config.go
+++ b/webserver/config.go
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 package webserver
 
+import "github.com/FreifunkBremen/yanic/webserver/prometheus"
+
 type Config struct {
-	Enable  bool   `toml:"enable"`
-	Bind    string `toml:"bind"`
-	Webroot string `toml:"webroot"`
+	Enable     bool              `toml:"enable"`
+	Bind       string            `toml:"bind"`
+	Webroot    string            `toml:"webroot"`
+	Prometheus prometheus.Config `toml:"prometheus"`
 }
diff --git a/webserver/prometheus/config.go b/webserver/prometheus/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ae0ee1eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webserver/prometheus/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package prometheus
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/FreifunkBremen/yanic/lib/duration"
+
+	"github.com/FreifunkBremen/yanic/respond"
+	"github.com/FreifunkBremen/yanic/runtime"
+)
+
+type Config struct {
+	Enable   bool              `toml:"enable"`
+	Wait     duration.Duration `toml:"wait"`
+	Outdated duration.Duration `toml:"outdated"`
+}
+
+func CreateExporter(config Config, srv *http.Server, coll *respond.Collector, nodes *runtime.Nodes) {
+	mux := http.NewServeMux()
+	ex := &Exporter{
+		config: config,
+		srv:    srv,
+		coll:   coll,
+		nodes:  nodes,
+	}
+	mux.Handle("/metric", ex)
+	if srv.Handler != nil {
+		mux.Handle("/", srv.Handler)
+	}
+	srv.Handler = mux
+}
diff --git a/webserver/prometheus/exporter.go b/webserver/prometheus/exporter.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2421e618
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webserver/prometheus/exporter.go
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+package prometheus
+
+import (
+	"io"
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/bdlm/log"
+
+	"github.com/FreifunkBremen/yanic/respond"
+	"github.com/FreifunkBremen/yanic/runtime"
+)
+
+type Exporter struct {
+	config Config
+	srv    *http.Server
+	coll   *respond.Collector
+	nodes  *runtime.Nodes
+}
+
+func (ex *Exporter) ServeHTTP(res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+	var ip net.IP
+	nodeID := ""
+
+	queryValues := req.URL.Query()
+
+	if nodeIDs := queryValues["node_id"]; len(nodeIDs) > 0 {
+		nodeID = nodeIDs[0]
+		node, ok := ex.nodes.List[nodeID]
+		if !ok || node.Address == nil {
+			http.Error(res, "not able to get node by cached nodeid", http.StatusNotFound)
+			return
+		}
+		ip = node.Address.IP
+		if ex.writeNode(res, node, true) {
+			log.WithFields(map[string]interface{}{
+				"ip":      ip,
+				"node_id": nodeID,
+			}).Debug("take node from cache")
+			return
+		}
+	} else if ipstr := queryValues["ip"]; len(ipstr) > 0 {
+		ip = net.ParseIP(ipstr[0])
+		if ip == nil {
+			http.Error(res, "not able to parse ip address", http.StatusBadRequest)
+			return
+		}
+		node_select := ex.nodes.Select(func(n *runtime.Node) bool {
+			n_addr := n.Address
+			nodeID = n.Nodeinfo.NodeID
+			return n_addr != nil && ip.Equal(n_addr.IP)
+		})
+		if len(node_select) == 1 {
+			if ex.writeNode(res, node_select[0], true) {
+				log.WithFields(map[string]interface{}{
+					"ip":      ip,
+					"node_id": nodeID,
+				}).Debug("take node from cache")
+				return
+			}
+		} else if len(node_select) > 1 {
+			log.Error("strange count of nodes")
+		}
+	} else {
+		http.Error(res, "please request with ?ip= or ?node_id=", http.StatusNotFound)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// send request
+	ex.coll.SendPacket(ip)
+
+	// wait
+	log.WithFields(map[string]interface{}{
+		"ip":      ip,
+		"node_id": nodeID,
+	}).Debug("waited for")
+	time.Sleep(ex.config.Wait.Duration)
+
+	// result
+	node, ok := ex.nodes.List[nodeID]
+	if !ok {
+		http.Error(res, "not able to fetch this node", http.StatusGatewayTimeout)
+		return
+	}
+	ex.writeNode(res, node, false)
+}
+
+func (ex *Exporter) writeNode(res http.ResponseWriter, node *runtime.Node, dry bool) bool {
+	logger := log.WithField("database", "prometheus")
+	if nodeinfo := node.Nodeinfo; nodeinfo != nil {
+		logger = logger.WithField("node_id", nodeinfo.NodeID)
+	}
+
+	if !time.Now().Before(node.Lastseen.GetTime().Add(ex.config.Outdated.Duration)) {
+		if dry {
+			return false
+		}
+		m := Metric{Labels: MetricLabelsFromNode(node), Name: "yanic_node_up", Value: 0}
+		str, err := m.String()
+		if err == nil {
+			_, err = io.WriteString(res, str+"\n")
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			logger.Warnf("not able to get metrics from node: %s", err)
+			http.Error(res, "not able to generate metric from node", http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		}
+		return false
+	}
+
+	metrics := MetricsFromNode(ex.nodes, node)
+	for _, m := range metrics {
+		str, err := m.String()
+		if err == nil {
+			_, err = io.WriteString(res, str+"\n")
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			logger.Warnf("not able to get metrics from node: %s", err)
+			http.Error(res, "not able to generate metric from node", http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return true
+}
diff --git a/webserver/prometheus/metric.go b/webserver/prometheus/metric.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9b06dc9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webserver/prometheus/metric.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package prometheus
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+type Metric struct {
+	Name   string
+	Value  interface{}
+	Labels map[string]interface{}
+}
+
+func (m *Metric) String() (string, error) {
+	if m.Value == nil {
+		return "", errors.New("no value of metric found")
+	}
+	output := m.Name
+	if len(m.Labels) > 0 {
+		output += "{"
+		for label, v := range m.Labels {
+			switch value := v.(type) {
+			case string:
+				output = fmt.Sprintf("%s%s=\"%s\",", output, label, strings.ReplaceAll(value, "\"", "'"))
+			case float32:
+				output = fmt.Sprintf("%s%s=\"%.4f\",", output, label, value)
+			case float64:
+				output = fmt.Sprintf("%s%s=\"%.4f\",", output, label, value)
+			default:
+				output = fmt.Sprintf("%s%s=\"%v\",", output, label, value)
+			}
+		}
+		lastChar := len(output) - 1
+		output = output[:lastChar] + "}"
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s %v", output, m.Value), nil
+}
diff --git a/webserver/prometheus/metric_test.go b/webserver/prometheus/metric_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8ebef7ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webserver/prometheus/metric_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+package prometheus
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestMetric(t *testing.T) {
+	assert := assert.New(t)
+
+	var tests = []struct {
+		input  Metric
+		err    string
+		output []string
+	}{
+		{
+			input: Metric{Name: "test1"},
+			err:   "no value of metric found",
+		},
+		{
+			input:  Metric{Name: "test2", Value: 3},
+			output: []string{"test2 3"},
+		},
+		{
+			input: Metric{Name: "test2-obj", Value: 1,
+				Labels: map[string]interface{}{
+					"test": []string{"4"},
+				},
+			},
+			output: []string{`test2-obj{test="[4]"} 1`},
+		},
+		{
+			input: Metric{Name: "test3", Value: 3.2,
+				Labels: map[string]interface{}{
+					"site_code": "lola",
+				},
+			},
+			output: []string{`test3{site_code="lola"} 3.2`},
+		},
+		{
+			input: Metric{Name: "test4", Value: "0",
+				Labels: map[string]interface{}{
+					"frequency": float32(3.2),
+				},
+			},
+			output: []string{`test4{frequency="3.2000"} 0`},
+		},
+		{
+			input: Metric{Name: "test5", Value: 3,
+				Labels: map[string]interface{}{
+					"node_id": "lola",
+					"blub":    3.3423533,
+				},
+			},
+			output: []string{
+				`test5{blub="3.3424",node_id="lola"} 3`,
+				`test5{node_id="lola",blub="3.3424"} 3`,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		output, err := test.input.String()
+
+		if test.err == "" {
+			assert.NoError(err)
+			assert.Contains(test.output, output, "not acceptable output found")
+		} else {
+			assert.EqualError(err, test.err)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/webserver/prometheus/transform.go b/webserver/prometheus/transform.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fe3406c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webserver/prometheus/transform.go
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+package prometheus
+
+import (
+	"github.com/FreifunkBremen/yanic/runtime"
+)
+
+func MetricLabelsFromNode(node *runtime.Node) (labels map[string]interface{}) {
+	labels = make(map[string]interface{})
+
+	nodeinfo := node.Nodeinfo
+	if nodeinfo == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	labels["node_id"] = nodeinfo.NodeID
+	labels["hostname"] = nodeinfo.Hostname
+
+	if nodeinfo.System.SiteCode != "" {
+		labels["site_code"] = nodeinfo.System.SiteCode
+	}
+	if nodeinfo.System.DomainCode != "" {
+		labels["domain_code"] = nodeinfo.System.DomainCode
+	}
+	if owner := nodeinfo.Owner; owner != nil {
+		labels["owner"] = owner.Contact
+	}
+	// Hardware
+	labels["model"] = nodeinfo.Hardware.Model
+	labels["nproc"] = nodeinfo.Hardware.Nproc
+	if firmware := nodeinfo.Software.Firmware; firmware != nil {
+		labels["firmware_base"] = firmware.Base
+		labels["firmware_release"] = firmware.Release
+	}
+	if nodeinfo.Software.Autoupdater != nil && nodeinfo.Software.Autoupdater.Enabled {
+		labels["autoupdater"] = nodeinfo.Software.Autoupdater.Branch
+	} else {
+		labels["autoupdater"] = runtime.DISABLED_AUTOUPDATER
+	}
+
+	if location := nodeinfo.Location; location != nil {
+		labels["location_lat"] = location.Latitude
+		labels["location_long"] = location.Longitude
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+func MetricsFromNode(nodes *runtime.Nodes, node *runtime.Node) []Metric {
+	m := []Metric{}
+
+	// before node metrics to get link statics undependent of node validation
+	for _, link := range nodes.NodeLinks(node) {
+		label := map[string]interface{}{
+			"source_id":       link.SourceID,
+			"source_addr":     link.SourceAddress,
+			"source_hostname": link.SourceHostname,
+			"target_id":       link.TargetID,
+			"target_addr":     link.TargetAddress,
+		}
+		if hostname := link.SourceHostname; hostname != "" {
+			label["source_hostname"] = hostname
+		}
+		if hostname := link.TargetHostname; hostname != "" {
+			label["target_hostname"] = hostname
+		}
+		m = append(m, Metric{
+			Labels: label,
+			Name:   "yanic_link",
+			Value:  link.TQ * 100,
+		})
+	}
+
+	nodeinfo := node.Nodeinfo
+	stats := node.Statistics
+
+	// validation
+	if nodeinfo == nil || stats == nil {
+		return m
+	}
+
+	labels := MetricLabelsFromNode(node)
+
+	addMetric := func(name string, value interface{}) {
+		m = append(m, Metric{Labels: labels, Name: "yanic_" + name, Value: value})
+	}
+
+	if node.Online {
+		addMetric("node_up", 1)
+	} else {
+		addMetric("node_up", 0)
+	}
+
+	addMetric("node_load", stats.LoadAverage)
+
+	addMetric("node_time_up", stats.Uptime)
+	addMetric("node_time_idle", stats.Idletime)
+
+	addMetric("node_proc_running", stats.Processes.Running)
+
+	addMetric("node_clients_wifi", stats.Clients.Wifi)
+	addMetric("node_clients_wifi24", stats.Clients.Wifi24)
+	addMetric("node_clients_wifi5", stats.Clients.Wifi5)
+	addMetric("node_clients_total", stats.Clients.Total)
+
+	addMetric("node_memory_buffers", stats.Memory.Buffers)
+	addMetric("node_memory_cached", stats.Memory.Cached)
+	addMetric("node_memory_free", stats.Memory.Free)
+	addMetric("node_memory_total", stats.Memory.Total)
+	addMetric("node_memory_available", stats.Memory.Available)
+
+	//TODO Neighbours count after merging improvement in influxdb and graphite
+
+	if procstat := stats.ProcStats; procstat != nil {
+		addMetric("node_stat_cpu_user", procstat.CPU.User)
+		addMetric("node_stat_cpu_nice", procstat.CPU.Nice)
+		addMetric("node_stat_cpu_system", procstat.CPU.System)
+		addMetric("node_stat_cpu_idle", procstat.CPU.Idle)
+		addMetric("node_stat_cpu_iowait", procstat.CPU.IOWait)
+		addMetric("node_stat_cpu_irq", procstat.CPU.IRQ)
+		addMetric("node_stat_cpu_softirq", procstat.CPU.SoftIRQ)
+		addMetric("node_stat_intr", procstat.Intr)
+		addMetric("node_stat_ctxt", procstat.ContextSwitches)
+		addMetric("node_stat_softirq", procstat.SoftIRQ)
+		addMetric("node_stat_processes", procstat.Processes)
+	}
+
+	if t := stats.Traffic.Rx; t != nil {
+		addMetric("node_traffic_rx_bytes", t.Bytes)
+		addMetric("node_traffic_rx_packets", t.Packets)
+	}
+	if t := stats.Traffic.Tx; t != nil {
+		addMetric("node_traffic_tx_bytes", t.Bytes)
+		addMetric("node_traffic_tx_packets", t.Packets)
+		addMetric("node_traffic_tx_dropped", t.Dropped)
+	}
+	if t := stats.Traffic.Forward; t != nil {
+		addMetric("node_traffic_forward_bytes", t.Bytes)
+		addMetric("node_traffic_forward_packets", t.Packets)
+	}
+	if t := stats.Traffic.MgmtRx; t != nil {
+		addMetric("node_traffic_mgmt_rx_bytes", t.Bytes)
+		addMetric("node_traffic_mgmt_rx_packets", t.Packets)
+	}
+	if t := stats.Traffic.MgmtTx; t != nil {
+		addMetric("node_traffic_mgmt_tx_bytes", t.Bytes)
+		addMetric("node_traffic_mgmt_tx_packets", t.Packets)
+	}
+
+	for _, airtime := range stats.Wireless {
+		labels["frequency_name"] = airtime.FrequencyName()
+		addMetric("node_frequency", airtime.Frequency)
+		addMetric("node_airtime_chan_util", airtime.ChanUtil)
+		addMetric("node_airtime_rx_util", airtime.RxUtil)
+		addMetric("node_airtime_tx_util", airtime.TxUtil)
+		addMetric("node_airtime_noise", airtime.Noise)
+		if wireless := nodeinfo.Wireless; wireless != nil {
+			if airtime.Frequency < 5000 {
+				addMetric("node_wireless_txpower", wireless.TxPower24)
+			} else {
+				addMetric("node_wireless_txpower", wireless.TxPower5)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return m
+}
diff --git a/webserver/prometheus/transform_test.go b/webserver/prometheus/transform_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..42f7ad60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webserver/prometheus/transform_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+package prometheus
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+
+	"github.com/FreifunkBremen/yanic/data"
+	"github.com/FreifunkBremen/yanic/runtime"
+)
+
+func TestMetricsFromNode(t *testing.T) {
+	assert := assert.New(t)
+
+	m := MetricsFromNode(nil, &runtime.Node{})
+	assert.Len(m, 0)
+
+	nodes := runtime.NewNodes(&runtime.NodesConfig{})
+	nodes.AddNode(&runtime.Node{
+		Nodeinfo: &data.Nodeinfo{
+			NodeID: "lola",
+			Network: data.Network{
+				Mesh: map[string]*data.NetworkInterface{
+					"mesh1": {
+						Interfaces: struct {
+							Wireless []string `json:"wireless,omitempty"`
+							Other    []string `json:"other,omitempty"`
+							Tunnel   []string `json:"tunnel,omitempty"`
+						}{
+							Tunnel: []string{"fe80::2"},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	})
+
+	node := &runtime.Node{
+		Online: false,
+		Nodeinfo: &data.Nodeinfo{
+			NodeID: "wasd1",
+			Network: data.Network{
+				Mesh: map[string]*data.NetworkInterface{
+					"mesh0": {
+						Interfaces: struct {
+							Wireless []string `json:"wireless,omitempty"`
+							Other    []string `json:"other,omitempty"`
+							Tunnel   []string `json:"tunnel,omitempty"`
+						}{
+							Tunnel: []string{"fe80::1"},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			Software: data.Software{
+				Autoupdater: &struct {
+					Enabled bool   `json:"enabled,omitempty"`
+					Branch  string `json:"branch,omitempty"`
+				}{
+					Enabled: true,
+					Branch:  "testing",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		Statistics: &data.Statistics{},
+		Neighbours: &data.Neighbours{
+			NodeID: "wasd1",
+			Babel: map[string]data.BabelNeighbours{
+				"mesh0": {
+					LinkLocalAddress: "fe80::1",
+					Neighbours: map[string]data.BabelLink{
+						"fe80::2": {Cost: 20000},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	nodes.AddNode(node)
+	m = MetricsFromNode(nodes, node)
+	assert.Len(m, 15)
+	assert.Equal(m[0].Labels["source_id"], "wasd1")
+
+	m = MetricsFromNode(nil, &runtime.Node{
+		Online: true,
+		Nodeinfo: &data.Nodeinfo{
+			NodeID: "wasd",
+			System: data.System{
+				SiteCode:   "ffhb",
+				DomainCode: "city",
+			},
+			Owner: &data.Owner{Contact: "mailto:blub@example.org"},
+			Location: &data.Location{
+				Latitude:  52.0,
+				Longitude: 4.0,
+			},
+			Wireless: &data.Wireless{
+				TxPower24: 0,
+			},
+		},
+		Statistics: &data.Statistics{
+			ProcStats: &data.ProcStats{},
+			Traffic: struct {
+				Tx      *data.Traffic `json:"tx"`
+				Rx      *data.Traffic `json:"rx"`
+				Forward *data.Traffic `json:"forward"`
+				MgmtTx  *data.Traffic `json:"mgmt_tx"`
+				MgmtRx  *data.Traffic `json:"mgmt_rx"`
+			}{
+				Tx:      &data.Traffic{},
+				Rx:      &data.Traffic{},
+				Forward: &data.Traffic{},
+				MgmtTx:  &data.Traffic{},
+				MgmtRx:  &data.Traffic{},
+			},
+			Wireless: data.WirelessStatistics{
+				&data.WirelessAirtime{Frequency: 5002},
+				&data.WirelessAirtime{Frequency: 2430},
+			},
+		},
+	})
+
+	assert.Len(m, 48)
+	assert.Equal(m[0].Labels["node_id"], "wasd")
+}
diff --git a/webserver/webserver.go b/webserver/webserver.go
index 0a277696..eb0193b9 100644
--- a/webserver/webserver.go
+++ b/webserver/webserver.go
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 // New creates a new webserver and starts it
-func New(bindAddr, webroot string) *http.Server {
+func New(config Config) *http.Server {
 	return &http.Server{
-		Addr:    bindAddr,
-		Handler: gziphandler.GzipHandler(http.FileServer(http.Dir(webroot))),
+		Addr:    config.Bind,
+		Handler: gziphandler.GzipHandler(http.FileServer(http.Dir(config.Webroot))),
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/webserver/webserver_test.go b/webserver/webserver_test.go
index d612799f..ceafc2c0 100644
--- a/webserver/webserver_test.go
+++ b/webserver/webserver_test.go
@@ -10,7 +10,12 @@ import (
 func TestWebserver(t *testing.T) {
 	assert := assert.New(t)
 
-	srv := New(":12345", "/tmp")
+	config := Config{
+		Bind:    ":12345",
+		Webroot: "/tmp",
+	}
+
+	srv := New(config)
 	assert.NotNil(srv)
 
 	go Start(srv)