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Vigil vs gatus: catalog facts
Vigil	gatus
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
Tracks distributed service status Can send incident notifications	Checks are declared in one YAML file with conditions on status code, response time and body content, and…
Requires hosting and configuring the services to monitor.	Configuration is file-based with no editing interface, so changes mean redeploying the config.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MPL-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
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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