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Easemonitor – self‑hosted uptime and performance monitoring

Easemonitor – self‑hosted uptime and performance monitoring

by mabsrencode·Mar 6, 2026·3 points·1 comment
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AI Analysis

●MidShip It

Self-hosted Uptime Robot alternative, but Uptime Robot, Betteruptime, Checkly, and Zabbix already solved this.

Strengths
  • •Full stack (NestJS + Next.js + Prometheus + Grafana + Jaeger) is genuinely comprehensive for a single product.
  • •GPL-3 open-source + Docker deploy means zero vendor lock-in compared to SaaS alternatives.
  • •Vulnerability scanning + SEO audits bundled in one tool is convenient feature stacking.
Weaknesses
  • •Crowded category: Uptime Robot, Better Uptime, Checkly, Zabbix all do uptime + alerts; no differentiation claimed.
  • •Bundling unrelated features (SEO, vulnerability scanning, performance testing) suggests breadth over depth in any single area.
Target Audience

DevOps engineers, SaaS operators needing self-hosted monitoring; teams avoiding SaaS vendor lock-in.

Similar To

Uptime Robot · Better Uptime · Checkly

Post Description

I built Easemonitor to keep track of service uptime, response times, SEO, vulnerability scans, etc. It's 100 % open‑source (GPL‑3), runs in Docker on a cheap VPS and includes:

NestJS API + worker with BullMQ queues NextJS frontend with SSR caching & image optimization Prometheus metrics, Loki logs, Grafana dashboards, Jaeger tracing JWT rotation, WAF rules, CSP/HSTS, CVE audit scripts Webhook DLQ, queue dashboard, healthchecks, maintenance mode You can try it on my demo https://easemonitor.com

Would love feedback, contributions, or ideas for features.

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