WebhookX

Spec sheet

What it does

WebhookX is an open-source gateway for receiving, validating, transforming, routing and delivering webhook events.Read 14 Oct 2026 · github.com

Purpose

WebhookX is an open-source gateway for receiving, processing, and delivering webhooks.Read 8 Oct 2026 · webhookx.io

Intended users

The site presents WebhookX as webhook infrastructure for engineering teams and modern applications.Read 8 Oct 2026 · webhookx.io

Deployment

The Docker Compose quick start is described as suitable for evaluating features and not for production deployment.Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.webhookx.io

Support

The Team plan lists email support and a response SLA; the Enterprise plan lists premium support and a response SLA.Read 8 Oct 2026 · webhookx.io

License

WebhookX is licensed under Apache 2.0.Read 14 Oct 2026 · github.com

Admin API

A REST-style Admin API manages entities and is exposed on the administrative interface.Read 14 Oct 2026 · github.com

API documentation

The project publishes an OpenAPI reference at openapi.webhookx.io.Read 14 Oct 2026 · github.com

Automatic retries

Unsuccessful deliveries can be retried automatically using configurable delays.Read 14 Oct 2026 · webhookx.io

Availability limit

The Team plan’s button is marked “Coming soon.”Read 8 Oct 2026 · webhookx.io

CLI

The bundled CLI supports admin sync and dump, migrations, server start, completion and version commands.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.webhookx.io

Company staffing visibility

The GitHub organization page says it has no public members.Read 14 Oct 2026 · github.com

Declarative configuration

Configuration can be supplied as YAML or environment variables using the WEBHOOKX_ prefix, with environment variables taking precedence.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.webhookx.io

Deployment architecture

Horizontal scaling is supported through multiple instances or separate control-plane and data-plane roles.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.webhookx.io

Development status

The repository warns that the project is actively developed and minor releases may introduce breaking changes.Read 14 Oct 2026 · github.com

GitHub organization

The verified GitHub organization is named WebhookX Labs, lists the United States of America and shows 12 followers.Read 14 Oct 2026 · github.com

GitHub repository activity

A third-party GitHub activity mirror reports 238 stars gained in its covered period, 17 forks and 16 issues.Read 14 Oct 2026 · ghe.derekchia.com

Independent listing

SourceForge lists a starting price of $39 per month and a free version.Read 14 Oct 2026 · sourceforge.net

Independent listing details

SourceForge lists API access, documentation and live-online training, with online support.Read 14 Oct 2026 · sourceforge.net

Independent review availability

Slashdot has a WebhookX reviews page inviting reviews but displays no user review content in the listing.Read 14 Oct 2026 · slashdot.org

Lifecycle management

The product manages the webhook lifecycle between event sources and downstream consumers.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.webhookx.io

Limit: Docker quick start

The Docker Compose quick start is explicitly intended for evaluation and is not suitable for production deployment.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.webhookx.io

Limit: licensed capabilities

Multi-tenancy and external secret management are marked as requiring a license in the repository documentation.Read 14 Oct 2026 · github.com

Maker statement

A LinkedIn post by Yusheng Li describes WebhookX 0.5.0 as adding TLS listening, caching optimization and bug fixes.Read 14 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

Multi-tenancy

Workspaces isolate tenant configuration and traffic.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.webhookx.io

Observability

WebhookX exposes OpenTelemetry metrics and tracing and provides inspection of individual webhook requests.Read 14 Oct 2026 · webhookx.io

Outbound signing

The webhookx-signature plugin signs outbound requests with HMAC-SHA256 and adds signature and timestamp headers.Read 14 Oct 2026 · github.com

Plugin system

Built-in inbound and outbound plugins support authentication and transformation.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.webhookx.io

Plugins

Built-in inbound and outbound plugins support authentication and transformation.Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.webhookx.io

Rate limiting

Rate policies can be applied independently to source and endpoint traffic.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.webhookx.io

Rate limits

Rate limit policies can be configured for both endpoint and source traffic.Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.webhookx.io

Rating on SourceForge

0.0 out of 5 from 0 reviewsRead 14 Oct 2026 · sourceforge.net

Release news

Release v1.2.0 on 18 August 2026 added configurable data retention and fixes for event propagation and metrics initialization.Read 14 Oct 2026 · github.com

Request-size default

The proxy configuration defaults to a maximum request body of 1,048,576 bytes.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.webhookx.io

Routing and fan-out

Events can be routed to multiple endpoints according to event type.Read 14 Oct 2026 · github.com

Runtime requirements

Supported runtime dependencies are PostgreSQL 13 or newer and Redis 6.2 or newer.Read 14 Oct 2026 · github.com

Scaling

It can scale horizontally across instances or use a Control Plane and Data Plane architecture.Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.webhookx.io

Security and data handling

The product supports on-premises deployment, and its configuration documentation includes TLS certificate and key settings for the Admin and Proxy interfaces.Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.webhookx.io

Security plugins

The repository lists HMAC, basic-auth, key-auth and license-gated connect-auth plugins.Read 14 Oct 2026 · github.com

Self-hosting

The project provides Docker Compose deployment and downloadable binaries, with a Homebrew installation for macOS.Read 14 Oct 2026 · github.com

Transformations

Custom functions can transform webhook payloads to match the expected format.Read 8 Oct 2026 · webhookx.io

Validation

The event-validation plugin validates event data against JSON Schema.Read 14 Oct 2026 · github.com

WebAssembly extensibility

Wasm plugins can customize authentication, signatures, headers and payload transformations, with examples for AssemblyScript, C++, Go and Rust.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.webhookx.io

Plans and prices

Every WebhookX plan and price →

Where Specifiction places it

• Webhook Management Software#8 of 298.6