3 open source alternatives to Statuspage
Atlassian's hosted public status pages. Here are the open source projects real teams use instead — ranked by fit, with honest pros and cons for each.
What people don't love about Statuspage
- Subscriber pricing doesn't scale well for consumer apps.
- Branded/white-label features locked behind Business+.
- Feels neglected compared to other Atlassian products.
Current Statuspage pricing (for reference): Free up to 100 subscribers; paid from $29/month; Enterprise far higher.
Quick comparison
| Alternative | Best for | License | Self-host | Hosted cloud? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Cachet Open source status page system for outages and scheduled maintenance. |
A dedicated public status page with markdown incidents and subscribers. | BSD-3-Clause | ★★☆☆☆ | Self-host only |
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Gatus Lightweight uptime monitoring with a built-in status dashboard. |
Engineering teams that want monitoring and a status page in one binary. | Apache-2.0 | ★☆☆☆☆ | Self-host only |
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Uptime Kuma Self-hosted uptime monitor — Pingdom alternative. |
Good-looking uptime monitoring with status page built in, deployed in one command. | MIT | ★☆☆☆☆ | Self-host only |
1. Cachet — A dedicated public status page with markdown incidents and subscribers.
Open source status page system for outages and scheduled maintenance.
Strengths
- Markdown incident updates with timeline support.
- Subscribable via email and webhooks.
- Simple PHP/MySQL stack.
Weaknesses
- Project has had stop-start maintenance cycles over the years.
- Metrics features are thin versus paid status pages.
- UI lacks the polish of hosted competitors.
2. Gatus — Engineering teams that want monitoring and a status page in one binary.
Lightweight uptime monitoring with a built-in status dashboard.
Strengths
- Single Go binary, config-as-YAML, Docker-ready.
- HTTP, TCP, ICMP, DNS, TLS cert checks.
- Great for ops teams that want monitoring + public page in one.
Weaknesses
- Not a full incident-management product.
- No baked-in SLA reports.
- Alert integrations are config-file driven, not a UI.
3. Uptime Kuma — Good-looking uptime monitoring with status page built in, deployed in one command.
Self-hosted uptime monitor — Pingdom alternative.
Strengths
- Single container, minimal resources.
- Clean UI with status pages.
- Many notification integrations.
Weaknesses
- Not a full APM — simple uptime checks.
- Multi-node setup is harder.
- Data resides where you host it (single point).
Uptime Kuma homepage · Source on GitHub · Statuspage vs Uptime Kuma →
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