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OpenStatus

★ 9k

Open-source synthetic monitoring and status pages with monitoring-as-code from global regions

OpenStatus does the job of Better Uptime and Checkly, self-hosted. It is AGPL-licensed, so a hosted fork has to publish its changes, and setting it up is an afternoon, not a weekend. Better Uptime bills $30-100 for it. 9k stars on GitHub.

Open-source replacement for Better Uptime, Checkly.

Licence
AGPL-3.0
Self-hosting
Medium
The paid one costs
$30-100
GitHub stars
9k
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 OpenStatus runs

Where it runs

OpenStatus runs on your server.

What setup takes

not verified by us yet — check the repo README.

OpenStatus questions

Is OpenStatus open source?

Yes — it is released under AGPL-3.0.

Can OpenStatus replace Checkly?

Our verdict on Checkly is YES. Uptime Kuma (68k stars), Grafana (65k stars), OpenStatus (9k stars) are mature open-source replacements for Checkly — self-host in one command and stop paying $24/mo.

Can I self-host OpenStatus?

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

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