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The 2024 Guide to Open Source Status Page Providers

· 7 min read
Hrishikesh Barua
Hrishikesh Barua
Founder @IncidentHub.cloud

Introduction​

Maintaining transparent communication about service availability is crucial for businesses of all sizes. Status pages are an important part of your communication strategy during times of outages and maintenance events.

You can choose to go with a fully managed status page provider, or host an open-source one yourself.

Open source status page providers offer a cost-effective and customizable solution. However, then can come with their own drawbacks. This guide explores open source status page providers in 2024 to help you choose the right tool for your needs.

List of Open Source Status Page Providers​

1. Cachet​

Cachet is a popular open source status page system built with PHP and Laravel. It offers a clean, minimalist design and a robust feature set.

Cachet open source status page

Key Features:

  • Easy installation and setup
  • Metric graphs for visualizing performance
  • Maintenance scheduling
  • Multilingual support
  • Metrics
  • Service components
  • Two-factor authentication
  • RESTful API for integrations
  • Subscriber notifications via email

Source Code: https://github.com/cachethq/cachet

Live page examples:

2. Statping-ng​

Statping-ng is a Go-based status page that emphasizes simplicity and ease of use. It supports both SQLite and MySQL databases. Statping-ng is an updated replacement of statping after development stopped on the original fork.

Statping-ng open source status page

Key Features:

  • Lightweight and fast
  • Built-in monitoring capabilities
  • Mobile-friendly design
  • Native mobile apps for Android and iOS
  • Customizable themes
  • Prometheus exporter for advanced monitoring
  • Notifications on Slack, Email, and Twilio.
  • Plugin framework

Source Code: https://github.com/statping-ng/statping-ng

Live page examples:

3. Cstate​

Cstate is a Hugo-based static status page generator that emphasizes simplicity and performance.

cstate open source status page

Key Features:

  • Fast page load times
  • Fully customizable through Hugo templates
  • Supports multiple content formats (YAML, JSON, TOML)
  • Automatic light/dark mode
  • Easy deployment to Netlify or GitHub Pages

Source Code: https://github.com/cstate/cstate

Live page examples:

4. Upptime​

Upptime is a GitHub-powered open source uptime monitor and status page generator.

Upptime open source status page

Key Features:

  • No server required - runs entirely on GitHub Actions
  • Real-time notifications via GitHub Issues
  • Custom domain and SSL support through GitHub Pages
  • Graphs and badges for displaying uptime
  • Integrates with various monitoring services

Source Code: https://github.com/upptime/upptime

Live page examples:

5. Staytus​

Staytus is another Ruby-based status page system that focuses on simplicity and ease of use. It has not been updated in a while, but the developer notes in the project's README that

"I'm hoping to do a bit more work on Staytus soon. One of the main things I want to achieve will be to provide Staytus as a container rather than requiring people to install it manually on servers which seems to be cause of a number of issues."

Staytus open source status page

Key Features:

  • Clean, responsive design
  • Email and SMS notifications
  • Easy-to-use admin interface
  • Support for multiple services and locations
  • Maintenance scheduling
  • JSON API to update status

Source Code: https://github.com/adamcooke/staytus

Live page examples:

6. Vigil​

Vigil is a lightweight status page written in Rust, designed for high performance and low resource usage.

Vigil open source status page

Key Features:

  • Simple configuration using TOML files
  • Built-in monitoring capabilities for HTTP/TCP/ICMP, application services, and local services (e.g. on a different network away from the main server)
  • Support for push notifications
  • Planned maintenance notices
  • Integrates with Slack, Email, Twilio SMS, XMPP, Telegram, webhooks

Source Code: https://github.com/valeriansaliou/vigil

Live page examples:

7. Gatus​

Gatus is a health dashboard and status page that monitors services and endpoints using HTTP, TCP, and other network protocols.

Gatus open source status page

Key Features:

  • Inbuilt health checks - HTTP, ICMP, TCP, DNS
  • Condition-based rule evaluation of health query results
  • Customizable alerting - supports various providers like Slack, PagerDuty, Twilio, Discord, MS Teams
  • Metrics visualization
  • Easy to configure using YAML
  • Badges
  • Docker support for easy deployment

Source Code: https://github.com/TwiN/gatus

Live page examples:

8. Statuspal​

Statuspal is an Elixir-based status page system. The repository has not been updated in a while as of this writing but they also offer a managed version.

Statuspal open source status page

Key Features:

  • Email and Tweet notifications
  • Component support
  • API for integration with monitoring tools
  • Multi-language support
  • Scheduled maintenance announcements

Source Code: https://github.com/statuspal/statuspal

Live page examples:

9. Uptime Kuma​

Uptime Kuma is a monitoring tool with a built-in status page feature.

Uptime Kuma open source status page

Key Features:

  • Uptime monitoring for HTTP/TCP/DNS etc
  • Multi-language support
  • Various notification options (Telegram, Discord, SMS, Email, etc.)
  • 2-factor authentication
  • Docker support

Source Code: https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma

Live page examples:

10. OneUptime​

An observability platform that also has status pages.

OneUptime open source status page

Key Features:

  • Uptime monitoring
  • Notifications via Email, SMS, Slack etc
  • Custom branding on your status page
  • Incident Management workflow
  • On-call policies, schedules and alerts
  • Log management
  • Workflow support
  • Application Performance Monitoring

Source Code: https://github.com/OneUptime/oneuptime

Live page examples:

11. Kener​

Monitoring and status page tool written in Node.js.

Kener open source status page

Key Features

  • Real-time monitoring with support for HTTP endpoints
  • Timezone support
  • Cron-based scheduling
  • YAML based configuration
  • Docker support
  • Customizable branding
  • i18n support
  • Incident creation in GitHub issues

Source Code: https://github.com/rajnandan1/kener

Live page examples:

12. OpenStatus​

A performance monitoring platform written in Typescript and Go.

OpenStatus open source status page

Key Features

  • Password protection
  • Scheduled maintenance support
  • User notification support via email

Source Code: https://github.com/openstatusHQ/openstatus

Live page examples:

Choosing the Right Open Source Status Page Provider​

When selecting an open source status page provider, consider the following factors:

  1. Ease of installation and maintenance
  2. Compatibility with your existing tech stack
  3. Customization options and flexibility
  4. Community activity and long-term support
  5. Integration capabilities with your monitoring tools
  6. Performance and scalability
  7. Notification and alerting options
  8. Historical data retention and display
  9. User management and access control

To elaborate on #5 - some of these status pages are part of a bigger monitoring toolkit where the status data is drawn from the same toolkit's monitors. If the status page does not support data from other sources you might not be able to use only the status page feature in such tools. Others are standalone status pages - where you can push incident events from anywhere you want. This is an important factor to keep in mind.

Conclusion​

Open source status page providers offer a cost-effective way to keep your users informed about your service's health and performance. By choosing the right tool from this guide, you can enhance transparency, build trust with your users, and streamline your incident communication process.

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