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13 self-hosted Dead Man's Snitch alternatives

SaaS that tracks heartbeat pings from scheduled jobs (cron, backups, workers) and notifies teams when jobs fail to check in. Provides alerting via email, SMS, Slack, webhooks, integrations and incident history.

Alternatives to Dead Man's Snitch

Uptime Kuma is a self-hosted uptime monitoring tool for HTTP(S), TCP, ping, DNS and more, with notifications, charts, and public status pages.

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89.6k stars8.2k forksMITlast commit Actively maintained

Self-hosted monitoring for websites and servers with uptime checks, response-time metrics, incidents, and status pages, plus optional agent-based hardware monitoring.

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10.4k stars1.2k forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Open-source service that monitors cron jobs and scheduled tasks via HTTP/email pings, providing a dashboard, alerts, badges and many notification integrations.

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10.2k stars994 forksBSD-3-Clauselast commit Actively maintained

Open-source Node.js distributed task scheduler with web UI, real-time logs, multi-server failover, REST API and plugin support for arbitrary scripts.

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5.8k stars499 forkslast commit Actively maintained

LoggiFly monitors Docker/Podman container logs for keywords or regex patterns and sends alerts via ntfy or Apprise, with optional log attachments and container actions.

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1.8k stars50 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained

Self-hostable domain portfolio manager that auto-fetches DNS/WHOIS/SSL data, tracks changes, monitors uptime, and sends configurable renewal and security alerts.

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1.5k stars115 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained

Open-source, self-hosted uptime monitoring tool for websites, APIs, and infrastructure with notifications, public status pages, and multiple monitor types.

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1.2k stars66 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained

Self-hosted monitoring tool for uptime, TCP/HTTP checks, Docker monitoring, multi-user dashboards, incident management, SSO and alerting integrations.

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730 stars41 forkslast commit Actively maintained

Self-hosted uptime and SSL monitoring with status pages, REST API, Prometheus/OpenTelemetry exporters, per-monitor notifications, and YAML config.

571 stars34 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Self-hosted uptime and SSL monitoring with status pages, REST API, Prometheus and OpenTelemetry exporters, per-monitor notifications, and YAML-based configuration.

571 stars34 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Open-source event tracker for tech products: ingest key events, send push notifications, run webhook actions, and monitor critical workflows in real time.

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473 stars17 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Open-source event tracker that sends push notifications and real-time alerts, with webhook action buttons, PWA support, and a developer-friendly API and SDKs.

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473 stars17 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Go-based lightweight dashboard with tabs, panels, uptime monitoring and notifications; configurable via GUI or YAML, runs as Docker container or single binary.

244 stars13 forksMITlast commit Likely dormant

What replacing Dead Man's Snitch actually involves

Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 12 of 13 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: MIT, AGPL-3.0, BSD-3-Clause. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.

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