OpenStatus is an open-source monitoring platform that provides comprehensive uptime and synthetic monitoring for APIs and websites worldwide. It enables developers and businesses to proactively detect and resolve performance issues before users are impacted.
Key Features
- Global Monitoring: Monitor endpoints from multiple regions worldwide with latency tracking
- Multi-Protocol Support: HTTP, DNS, SSL, SMTP, ping, and webpage monitoring
- Status Pages: Customizable public status pages with subscription capabilities
- CLI Integration: YAML-based configuration and Monitoring as Code approach
- Alerting System: Multi-channel notifications via Email, SMS, Slack, Discord
- OpenTelemetry Integration: Export metrics to existing observability stacks
- Private Locations: Deploy monitoring agents on custom infrastructure
Use Cases
- API reliability monitoring for development teams
- Website uptime tracking for businesses
- Public status pages for customer transparency
- Synthetic monitoring for performance testing
- Incident management and alerting workflows
