hookdash

Spec sheet

What it does

hookdash is a self-hosted webhook gateway for receiving, queuing, retrying, and monitoring webhooks.Read 10 Oct 2026 · github.com

Purpose

hookdash is a self-hosted webhook gateway for receiving, queuing, retrying, and monitoring webhooks.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Intended users

The README names developers and small teams as its target audience.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Deployment

The project documents installation through npx, global npm installation, and Docker.Read 10 Oct 2026 · github.com

API

The documented API includes event and endpoint management, replay, statistics, a real-time stream, and a health check.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

License

The repository states that hookdash is licensed under MIT.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Circuit breaker

After five consecutive endpoint failures, hookdash stops sending to that endpoint for 60 seconds before probing it with a request.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Configuration

Configuration is YAML-based and supports environment variable interpolation for values such as signing secrets.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Dashboard

The dashboard provides event search and filtering, payload and delivery details, replay, statistics, endpoint management, and live updates.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Delivery

Webhook delivery uses configurable exponential backoff with jitter, and events exceeding the retry limit go to a dead letter queue.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Delivery reliability

It supports configurable exponential-backoff retries with jitter, a dead letter queue, and manual replay from the dashboard.Read 10 Oct 2026 · github.com

License and audience

The repository is MIT-licensed and describes its target audience as developers and small teams.Read 10 Oct 2026 · github.com

Maintainer

The GitHub profile links the me-npm account to Ahmer Arain’s personal website.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Notable limits

The roadmap lists dashboard authentication, per-source rate limiting, metrics export, forwarding transforms, and a PostgreSQL adapter as planned items.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Real-time updates

The dashboard uses Server-Sent Events for live updates.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Setup

The README documents running hookdash with npx, installing it globally from npm, or deploying it with Docker.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Signature verification

Built-in signature verification supports Stripe, GitHub, Twilio, Shopify, and generic HMAC.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Storage

It uses SQLite and describes itself as requiring no Redis or Postgres.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Storage and setup

It uses a single SQLite file and says it needs no Redis or Postgres.Read 10 Oct 2026 · github.com

Where Specifiction places it

• Webhook Management Software#24 of 297.5