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Kener vs Cachet: catalog facts
Kener	Cachet
Free Free and open source. Hosting, hardware and any external services are separate.	Free The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external…
Self-hosted	Linux, Self-hosted, Web
Combines monitoring with public status displays Supports incident communication	Components, incidents, scheduled maintenance and subscriber notifications are all managed from one self-hosted…
Requires hosting and setup of the monitored endpoints.	It needs PHP 8.3, Composer and a database, and the long-promised 3.x rebuild is still in progress.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: BSD-3-Clause
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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