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SmokePing vs gatus: catalog facts
SmokePinggatus
Free

Free and open source under the GPL.

Free

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

Linux, Web, Self-hosted Linux, Self-hosted, Web
  • Shows latency distribution and loss, not just an average
  • Probe types cover DNS, HTTP, SSH and more, not only ping
  • Checks are declared in one YAML file with conditions on status code, response time and body content, and…
  • Perl application with a dated interface
  • Configuration is a text file
  • Configuration is file-based with no editing interface, so changes mean redeploying the config.
Self-hosted Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License: GPL-2.0 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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