Self-hosted uptime monitoring + a beautiful public status page.
Developers rent API docs, monitoring, secrets and webhook plumbing by the month for side projects that earn nothing yet. Self-hosted pay-once utilities cost less than one month of the SaaS they replace.
The tool this job usually means renting is UptimeRobot, at $8/mo — roughly $96 a year, every year. Upwatch does the job for a one-time $99 — running on infrastructure you control.
URL, interval from 30s to 15m, expected status code, optional keyword match.
For developers, HTTP(S) monitors pays off while you're shipping, not managing vendor accounts — and it's covered by the same one-time $99, not metered per month.
No cron, no workers, no Redis — one Node process does everything.
For developers, in-process checker loop pays off while you're shipping, not managing vendor accounts — and it's covered by the same one-time $99, not metered per month.
Check history with automatic 90-day retention pruning. One file to back up.
For developers, SQLite storage pays off while you're shipping, not managing vendor accounts — and it's covered by the same one-time $99, not metered per month.
One-time $99 for the packaged, zero-config version with updates and priority support.
Desktop app for personal use, or docker compose up on a $5 VPS for a public status page.
HTTP checks every 30s, webhook/email pings the second something breaks — and again when it recovers.
Upwatch is $99, once. UptimeRobot at $8/mo — roughly $96 a year, every year. Pays for itself vs UptimeRobot in about a year — then it's free forever.
Pays for itself vs UptimeRobot in about a year — then it's free forever. Upwatch costs $99 once; UptimeRobot charges $8/mo — about $96 a year. For developers, that fixed cost is the whole point: the tool is a one-time line item, not a monthly one.
Yes — MIT source at github.com/bensblueprints/uptime-monitor-mvp, always. The paid version is pure convenience: packaged installer, updates, priority support.
Not necessarily. Desktop mode runs the whole app in an Electron window. For a public status page or 24/7 monitoring you'll want a $5 VPS — which is still cheaper per year than one month of most competitors' higher tiers.