Best Open-Source Statuspage Alternatives (2026)
5 self-hostable, open-source projects that replace Statuspage — without subscriber-based pricing. Each is scored for how hard it is to self-host, with one-click deploy options where they exist.
Statuspage prices by the number of subscribers who get incident notifications, so costs climb as your audience grows even though the underlying service barely changes. Self-hosting moves the status page onto infrastructure you control, removes per-subscriber fees, and keeps incident history and component data in your own database.
Our picks at a glance
Difficulty 2/5 with a single Docker container that bundles monitoring and a public status page, no external dependencies to wire up.
Purpose-built incident and component status system with metrics, scheduled maintenance, and an API, making it the most complete dedicated status-page tool here.
The only option in this list that offers an official managed-hosting plan, so you can adopt it without running infrastructure.
Compare all 5 alternatives
Tap a column header to sort| Project | Deploy | Managed | License | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Uptime Kuma JavaScript | 88k ★ | 2/5 Easy | Docker Docker Compose +1 | MIT | 3 days ago | Repo | |
 Cachet PHP | 15k ★ | 3/5 Moderate | Docker Docker Compose +1 | BSD-3-Clause | 20 days ago | Repo | |
 Gatus Go | 11k ★ | 2/5 Easy | Docker Docker Compose +2 | Apache-2.0 | 11 days ago | Repo | |
 OpenStatus TypeScript | 8.8k ★ | 4/5 Involved | Docker Docker Compose +1 | AGPL-3.0 | 3 days ago | Repo | |
 Vigil Rust | 1.9k ★ | 4/5 Involved | Docker Manual | MPL-2.0 | 1 month ago | Repo |
What to look for: Decide whether you need a pure status-page publisher or a combined monitor-plus-status-page tool, and check how incidents are authored (manual updates vs. automatic from monitor state). Also confirm the project supports your notification channels and that the public page can run on its own domain behind your TLS.
The alternatives, reviewed
- #1
Uptime KumaSelf-host: EasyFancy self-hosted uptime monitoring with a beautiful dashboard and status pages
88k JavaScript MIT 3 days agoHow it compares to Statuspage
- Single-node by design; no built-in multi-region / global probe network like Pingdom or UptimeRobot Pro
- Status pages are simpler than Statuspage.io (limited custom domains UX, no subscriber-tier management, fewer branding controls)
- No SLA reporting/analytics depth or team RBAC found in commercial offerings
- Scaling to thousands of monitors can strain the single SQLite/MariaDB backend
- #2
CachetSelf-host: ModerateOpen-source, self-hosted status page system for communicating incidents
15k PHP BSD-3-Clause 20 days agoHow it compares to Statuspage
- Status page only; it does NOT actively monitor your services (you must push incidents via API or integrate a monitor)
- No built-in synthetic checks like Pingdom/UptimeRobot
- The v3 rewrite went through long periods of slow development and reorganization
- Fewer polished integrations and subscriber-tier features than Atlassian Statuspage
- #3
GatusSelf-host: EasyDeveloper-oriented health dashboard with declarative YAML config and status pages
11k Go Apache-2.0 11 days agoHow it compares to Statuspage
- Configuration is YAML-only; no UI to add/edit monitors (less friendly than UptimeRobot's dashboard)
- Status pages are basic compared to Statuspage.io (no incident timeline workflow, subscriber management, or component grouping UX)
- No built-in multi-region probing without running multiple instances
- Limited historical analytics / long-term reporting
- #4
OpenStatusSelf-host: InvolvedOpen-source uptime monitoring and status page platform with global probes
8.8k TypeScript AGPL-3.0 3 days agoHow it compares to Statuspage
- Self-hosting is non-trivial: depends on services like Turso/SQLite, Tinybird, and serverless checkers; the OSS path is less documented than the cloud product
- Global multi-region probing is most seamless on their hosted cloud, not self-host
- Younger project; fewer integrations than mature commercial tools
- Some advanced features are gated toward the managed offering
- #5
VigilSelf-host: InvolvedMicroservices status page in Rust that monitors infrastructure and alerts
1.9k Rust MPL-2.0 1 month agoHow it compares to Statuspage
- Configuration is TOML-file based with no admin UI
- Status page and incident workflow are simpler than Statuspage.io (no subscriber management or incident history UX)
- Single-region probing
- Smaller community and fewer integrations than commercial products
The verdict
For most teams replacing Statuspage, Uptime Kuma is the pragmatic default: one container gives you monitoring plus a clean public status page with no subscriber tax. Reach for Cachet if you specifically want a dedicated incident-communication system, or OpenStatus if you'd rather pay someone else to host it.
Statuspage alternatives — frequently asked questions
Is there a free open-source alternative to Statuspage?
Yes. Uptime Kuma (MIT), Gatus (Apache-2.0), Cachet (BSD-3-Clause), OpenStatus (AGPL-3.0), and Vigil (MPL-2.0) are all free and open source. Uptime Kuma and Cachet are the most direct equivalents for hosting a public status page.
Which Statuspage alternative is easiest to self-host?
Uptime Kuma and Gatus are both rated 2/5 difficulty. Uptime Kuma runs as a single Docker container with monitoring and status pages built in; Gatus is a single Go binary configured by one YAML file.
Does Statuspage charge by subscribers, and do these avoid that?
Yes, Statuspage's pricing scales with notification subscribers. All the self-hosted options here (Uptime Kuma, Cachet, Gatus, Vigil, and self-hosted OpenStatus) remove that cost because you run them on your own infrastructure with no per-subscriber fee.
Can my users subscribe to status page updates like on Statuspage?
This is the one feature gap to check. Uptime Kuma's status page does not yet offer native end-user email subscriptions; alerts go to your team through 78+ notification channels. Cachet is built around incident communication and the dedicated tools generally handle subscriber-facing updates better.
Is there a managed-hosting option among these alternatives?
OpenStatus is the only one here with an official managed plan (managed:yes). The others are self-host only, though community templates exist for several.
Which alternative is best for a developer-driven, config-as-code status page?
Gatus. It is configured entirely through declarative YAML, deploys to Docker or Kubernetes, and fits naturally into a GitOps workflow.