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Blackbox Exporter vs Keep it up: catalog facts
Blackbox Exporter	Keep it up
Free Free and open source, part of the Prometheus project.	Free Free and open source under the Apache-2.0 licence.
Linux, Self-hosted	Android
Probes over several protocols including ICMP and gRPC Official Prometheus project with regular maintenance	Ping, TCP, HTTP/HTTPS and SNMP checks Logs each check with result and duration
Needs Prometheus to collect and store results No interface of its own beyond a basic status page	Monitoring runs on the phone, so it depends on the phone's own connection Android only
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: Apache-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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