Can I open-source Instatus?
KINDA · partial or early alternativesKinda. Uptime Kuma cover the core of Instatus, but they're early or partial — expect gaps like Deliverability someone else warms up and monitors: your first incident email is also your first send reputation test and Notification channels beyond email: SMS, Slack app, Teams, Discord, native webhooks, RSS, all of which Instatus ships out of the box.
Because a status page is the one page that must work when nothing else does, and paying a third party is the cheapest way to buy that independence. It is also a page customers and auditors look at, so it being slightly ugly or slightly late costs more trust than the subscription costs money. Most teams that build their own end up with a page that is technically theirs and practically unmaintained, with an incident feed whose last entry is from fourteen months ago.
xDeliverability someone else warms up and monitors: your first incident email is also your first send reputation test
xNotification channels beyond email: SMS, Slack app, Teams, Discord, native webhooks, RSS, all of which Instatus ships out of the box
xPer-component subscriptions, unsubscribe handling, and double opt-in that you do not have to think about
xThe polish: scheduled maintenance windows, incident templates, timezone handling, embeddable widgets, public API
xReal independence, unless you actually do the work to host the page away from your own stack
These projects already replace it, free.
UUptime KumaSelf-hosted uptime monitor with status pages, 90+ notification channels, and a slick dashboardopen source↗What each one is, in full: Uptime Kuma
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Can I open-source Instatus?
Kinda. Uptime Kuma covers the core of Instatus, but there are real gaps: Deliverability someone else warms up and monitors: your first incident email is also your first send reputation test, Notification channels beyond email: SMS, Slack app, Teams, Discord, native webhooks, RSS, all of which Instatus ships out of the box. Read the honest list above before committing.
How much does Instatus cost?
Instatus's pricing is usage-based or varies by plan · AI-drafted from a site submission; price unverified..
What do I lose by replacing Instatus?
Honestly: Deliverability someone else warms up and monitors: your first incident email is also your first send reputation test; Notification channels beyond email: SMS, Slack app, Teams, Discord, native webhooks, RSS, all of which Instatus ships out of the box; Per-component subscriptions, unsubscribe handling, and double opt-in that you do not have to think about; The polish: scheduled maintenance windows, incident templates, timezone handling, embeddable widgets, public API; Real independence, unless you actually do the work to host the page away from your own stack. If any of those are load-bearing for you, keep paying.
Is there an open-source alternative to Instatus?
Yes: Uptime Kuma (Self-hosted uptime monitor with status pages, 90+ notification channels, and a slick dashboard)