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Kener vs gatus: catalog facts
Kenergatus
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
  • Checks are declared in one YAML file with conditions on status code, response time and body content, and…
  • Requires hosting and setup of the monitored endpoints.
  • Configuration is file-based with no editing interface, so changes mean redeploying the config.
Self-hosted Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License: MIT License: Apache-2.0
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

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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