Cachet

Spec sheet

Purpose

Cachet is an open-source status page system for communicating downtime and outages to customers and stakeholders.Read 11 Oct 2026 · cachethq.io

Audience

The site says Cachet is for everyone, from personal projects to large enterprises with services people rely on.Read 11 Oct 2026 · cachethq.io

Deployment

Cachet is self-hosted, and its documentation recommends hosting it separately from the product it reports on so an outage is less likely to take down the status page too.Read 11 Oct 2026 · cachethq.io

Free plan

YesRead 19 Sep 2026 · cachethq.io

Security

The site lists two-factor authentication and password manager integration as security features.Read 11 Oct 2026 · cachethq.io

Maker

The site identifies Cachet as a trademark of Alt Three Services Limited, registered in England and Wales.Read 11 Oct 2026 · cachethq.io

Incident automation

Its JSON API can be used to automate incidents and connect monitoring tools.Read 11 Oct 2026 · cachethq.io

Incident updates

YesRead 19 Sep 2026 · cachethq.io

Installation requirements

The v3.x documentation lists PHP 8.3, 8.4, or 8.5, Composer, and SQLite, MySQL, MariaDB 10.7+, PostgreSQL, or SQL Server as requirements.Read 11 Oct 2026 · cachethq.io

Languages

The site says Cachet supports 10+ languages.Read 11 Oct 2026 · cachethq.io

Maintenance

Cachet lets teams schedule planned maintenance updates ahead of time.Read 11 Oct 2026 · cachethq.io

Maintenance scheduling

YesRead 19 Sep 2026 · cachethq.io

Metrics

Custom metrics can visualize system health in charts.Read 11 Oct 2026 · cachethq.io

Open source and cost

Cachet is free to self-host and is described as free forever and 100% open source.Read 11 Oct 2026 · cachethq.io

Professional help

Cachet says its team offers professional installation for businesses.Read 11 Oct 2026 · cachethq.io

Release status

Cachet v3.x is under active development and is not yet released; its installation instructions are for development use and may change.Read 11 Oct 2026 · cachethq.io

Plans and prices

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Where Specifiction places it

• Status Tracking#12 of 268.2
• Status Page Software#17 of 318.2
• Status page services#26 of 317.4