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Healthchecks

★ 8k

Dead-simple cron job monitoring — get pinged when your scheduled tasks silently stop running.

Healthchecks does the job of Cronitor, self-hosted. It is BSD-3-Clause-licensed, so you can do essentially what you like with it, and it installs in about one command. Cronitor bills $21 for it. 8k stars on GitHub.

Open-source replacement for Cronitor.

Licence
BSD-3-Clause
Self-hosting
Easy
The paid one costs
$21
GitHub stars
8k
view the code →official site →

Is it actually a replacement?

We have written a verdict on what it replaces — what you lose, and why people still pay:

How Healthchecks runs

Where it runs

Healthchecks runs on your server.

What setup takes

not verified by us yet — check the repo README.

Healthchecks questions

Is Healthchecks open source?

Yes — it is released under BSD-3-Clause.

Can Healthchecks replace Cronitor?

Our verdict on Cronitor is YES. Uptime Kuma (87k stars), Healthchecks (10k stars) are mature open-source replacements for Cronitor — self-host with docker and stop paying $10/mo.

Can I self-host Healthchecks?

Yes — we rate it easy to self-host, and it runs on your server.

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