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Cachet vs cState: catalog facts
Cachet	cState
Free The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external…	Free Free and open source. Hosting, hardware and any external services are separate.
Linux, Self-hosted, Web	Self-hosted, Web
Components, incidents, scheduled maintenance and subscriber notifications are all managed from one self-hosted…	Uses Hugo to build a lightweight site Keeps incident entries in editable files
It needs PHP 8.3, Composer and a database, and the long-promised 3.x rebuild is still in progress.	Automatic health checking requires a separate monitoring integration.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Web application
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-3-Clause	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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