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Blackbox Exportergatus
Free

Free and open source, part of the Prometheus project.

 Free

The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external…

Linux, Self-hosted Linux, Self-hosted, Web
  • Probes over several protocols including ICMP and gRPC
  • Official Prometheus project with regular maintenance
  • Checks are declared in one YAML file with conditions on status code, response time and body content, and…
  • Needs Prometheus to collect and store results
  • No interface of its own beyond a basic status page
  • Configuration is file-based with no editing interface, so changes mean redeploying the config.
Downloadable app, Self-hosted Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License not stated License: Apache-2.0
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 24, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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