OnlyStatus

Self-hosted · API

Freedom report

Two barsScore 6.3

Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
Runs widely0 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

OnlyStatus is ranked #16 of 42 in synthetic monitoring on Freedom251. It runs on API, Self-hosted. There is a free plan.

OnlyStatus plans and pricing

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Self-hosted Free No billing; self-hosted, all features unlocked No plan tiers or feature limits stated onlystatus.dev · 11 Oct 2026

Compared on synthetic monitoring

Free plan: Yes
API checks: Yes

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The record

Purpose: OnlyStatus is a self-hosted synthetic monitoring platform for monitoring websites and APIs.
Check types: It supports HTTP, TCP, and DNS checks from local or distributed checkers.
Status pages: It provides public status pages with custom domains, themes, and incident tracking.
Alerts: Alert integrations include email, Slack, Discord, PagerDuty, and OpsGenie.
Authentication: Authentication supports password credentials, TOTP two-factor authentication, and WebAuthn passkeys.
API: The platform includes REST and RPC API endpoints for automation.
Deployment: The application runs in Docker and can be started with Docker Compose.
No plan tiers: The maker says all features are unlocked and there are no plan tiers.
Self-hosting: OnlyStatus describes itself as a community fork that is fully self-hosted and has no cloud dependencies.
Integrations: Email alerts can use SMTP, and Slack and Discord are listed as notification options.
Private locations: Remote checkers can be deployed on Docker-capable machines and need outbound access to the OnlyStatus instance, with no inbound ports required.
Security: The deployment guide says setup generates random secrets and recommends disabling public registration after creating an account.
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.
Support: The maker describes OnlyStatus as a spare-time community project without commercial support or warranty and directs users to GitHub issues or [email protected] for problems.
Price from: Free

Where it ranks on Freedom251

Best Synthetic Monitoring in 2026#16 of 42

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Sources

onlystatus.dev· checked 4 Oct 2026
github.com/onlystatushq/onlystatus· checked 4 Oct 2026
onlystatus.dev/docs· checked 4 Oct 2026