# Gatus

> Gatus is a free, open-source app you can self-host in the monitoring & status pages category. Developer-oriented health dashboard and status page configured with simple YAML. It has 12,246 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and ships a Docker image. It is a self-hosted alternative to Uptime Robot, Statuspage and Pingdom.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/TwiN/gatus |
| Website | https://gatus.io/ |
| GitHub stars | 12,246 |
| Forks | 848 |
| Open issues | 263 |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| License type | Open source |
| Language | Go |
| Docker image | Yes |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Categories | Monitoring & Status Pages |
| Commits, last 12 months | 143 |
| Last commit | Oct 5, 2026 |
| Latest release | v5.37.0 (Sep 24, 2026) |
| Created | Sep 4, 2019 |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained |
| Archived | No |

Topics: golang, go, health, monitor, monitoring, dashboard, alerting, slack, devops, status

## Install

Gatus ships a Docker image; follow the README at https://github.com/TwiN/gatus for the image name and environment variables.

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## Gatus replaces

- [Uptime Robot alternatives](https://appsgit.com/alternatives/uptimerobot): A hosted service that pings your sites and alerts when they go down.
- [Statuspage alternatives](https://appsgit.com/alternatives/statuspage): Atlassian's hosted public status page for incidents and uptime.
- [Pingdom alternatives](https://appsgit.com/alternatives/pingdom): A website uptime and performance monitoring service.

## Comparisons

- [Uptime Kuma vs Gatus](https://appsgit.com/compare/uptime-kuma-vs-gatus): Pick Uptime Kuma for a polished web UI where you add monitors and status pages by clicking; pick Gatus for config-as-code health checks defined in YAML and stored in Git.

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