OnlyStatus

Spec sheet

Purpose

OnlyStatus is a self-hosted synthetic monitoring platform for monitoring websites and APIs.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Deployment

The application runs as a self-contained Docker Compose stack with no cloud dependencies stated by the maker.Read 11 Oct 2026 · onlystatus.dev

API

The product provides REST and RPC API endpoints for automation.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Integrations

Email alerts can use SMTP, and Slack and Discord are listed as notification options.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Security

The deployment guide says setup generates random secrets and recommends disabling public registration after creating an account.Read 4 Oct 2026 · onlystatus.dev

Support

The maker describes OnlyStatus as a community fork maintained in spare time, without commercial support or warranty, and suggests opening an issue or emailing [email protected] for problems.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

License

OnlyStatus is distributed under the AGPL-3.0 license.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Alerts

Alert integrations listed include email, Slack, Discord, PagerDuty, and OpsGenie.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Authentication

Authentication supports password credentials, TOTP two-factor authentication, and WebAuthn passkeys.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Check types

It supports HTTP, TCP, and DNS checks from local or distributed checkers.Read 4 Oct 2026 · onlystatus.dev

Checks

It supports HTTP, TCP, and DNS checks.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Distributed monitoring

Users can deploy lightweight private-location checkers for monitoring from additional locations.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Incidents

The product includes incident and maintenance tracking.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Intended user

The maker describes the project as intended for people who want to run and maintain monitoring themselves.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

No plan tiers

The maker says all features are unlocked and there are no plan tiers.Read 4 Oct 2026 · onlystatus.dev

Private locations

Remote checkers can be deployed on Docker-capable machines and need outbound access to the OnlyStatus instance, with no inbound ports required.Read 4 Oct 2026 · onlystatus.dev

Requirements

The deployment guide requires Docker 24.0 or later with Compose v2, at least 2 GB RAM, and x86_64; Apple Silicon requires Rosetta or QEMU emulation for Tinybird analytics.Read 11 Oct 2026 · onlystatus.dev

Self-hosting

OnlyStatus describes itself as a community fork that is fully self-hosted and has no cloud dependencies.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Status pages

It provides public status pages with custom domains and themes.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Plans and prices

Every OnlyStatus plan and price →

Where Specifiction places it

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