Best Open Source Alternatives to Statuspage in 2026

TL;DR

Atlassian Statuspage costs $29-199/month — for a tool that displays "all systems operational." The OSS alternatives are excellent and have been around for years. Cachet is the original OSS status page. Upptime runs on GitHub Actions with zero hosting cost. Instatus OSS (unreleased) and OpenStatus cover the modern use case. For monitoring + status page in one: Uptime Kuma (most popular self-hosted option by far, 62K GitHub stars).

Key Takeaways

• Statuspage pricing: $29/month (Starter), $99/month (Team), $199/month (Business)
• Uptime Kuma: monitoring + status page in one — most popular, easiest
• Cachet: dedicated status page with incident management
• Upptime: GitHub-powered — zero hosting cost, version-controlled
• OpenStatus: modern monitoring + status page + multi-region
• Self-hosted: full control, custom domain, no subscriber limits

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What Statuspage Does

Core Statuspage features:

• Public status page (green/yellow/red per service component)
• Incident creation with timeline updates
• Scheduled maintenance announcements
• Email/SMS/Slack subscriber notifications
• Historical uptime display
• Embedded badge/widget for your app

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The Alternatives

1. Uptime Kuma — Most Popular All-in-One

Best for: Teams wanting monitoring AND status page in one tool with the easiest setup.

Uptime Kuma has the best combination of monitoring capabilities and status page UX. The "Status Page" feature lets you expose a public page showing selected monitors.

# Install:
docker run -d \
  --restart=always \
  -p 3001:3001 \
  -v uptime-kuma:/app/data \
  --name uptime-kuma \
  louislam/uptime-kuma:1

Set up status page:

1. Add monitors (HTTPS, TCP, DNS, keyword)
2. Status Pages → + New Status Page
   - Slug: status (→ http://your-server:3001/status/status)
   - Title: "Acme Status"
   - Monitors: select which to display
3. Custom domain: CNAME status.yourcompany.com → your-server
4. Done — public status page live

What Uptime Kuma status pages include:

• Real-time status per service
• Uptime percentage (24h, 7d, 30d)
• Response time charts
• Incident history (via scheduled maintenance)
• Auto-refresh every 60 seconds

What's missing vs Statuspage:

• No subscriber notifications (email/SMS when status changes)
• No incident timeline with timestamped updates
• No embeddable badge

For subscriber notifications, add Uptime Kuma webhook → n8n or Zapier → email list.

GitHub: louislam/uptime-kuma — 62K+ stars

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2. Cachet — Dedicated Status Page

Best for: Teams who want a professional status page with full incident management.

Cachet is the most feature-complete dedicated status page. It doesn't do monitoring — it's purely the public-facing status page with incident management.

# Docker:
docker run -d \
  --name cachet \
  -p 8000:8000 \
  -e APP_ENV=production \
  -e APP_KEY=base64:your-random-key \
  -e DB_DRIVER=sqlite \
  cachethq/docker:latest

Cachet features:

• Component management (API, Website, Database, etc.)
• Component groups (e.g., "Core Services", "Integrations")
• Incident management with status timeline
• Scheduled maintenance
• Email subscriber notifications (SMTP)
• Multilingual support
• Metrics display (uptime graphs)
• REST API for automation

Incident management example:

# Create incident via API:
curl -X POST https://status.yourcompany.com/api/v1/incidents \
  -H "X-Cachet-Token: your-api-token" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "API Performance Degradation",
    "message": "We are investigating reports of slow API responses.",
    "status": 1,
    "visible": 1,
    "component_id": 1,
    "component_status": 2
  }'

# Update incident as it progresses:
curl -X PUT https://status.yourcompany.com/api/v1/incidents/1 \
  -d '{ "status": 2, "message": "Issue identified. Deploying fix." }'

# Resolve incident:
curl -X PUT https://status.yourcompany.com/api/v1/incidents/1 \
  -d '{ "status": 4, "message": "Issue resolved. All systems operational." }'

Status levels:

• 0 = Scheduled
• 1 = Investigating
• 2 = Identified
• 3 = Watching
• 4 = Fixed

GitHub: cachethq/Cachet — 14K+ stars (v3 in development)

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3. Upptime — Zero Hosting Cost

Best for: Open source projects and small teams who want a status page with zero infrastructure.

Upptime runs entirely on GitHub Actions. It monitors your URLs from GitHub's infrastructure, commits uptime data to your repository, and serves the status page via GitHub Pages.

# Create your status page repo:
# 1. Use template: https://github.com/upptime/upptime
# 2. Click "Use this template" → create repo

# Edit .statusrc.yml:
owner: yourcompany
repo: upptime
sites:
  - name: Main Website
    url: https://yourcompany.com
  - name: API
    url: https://api.yourcompany.com/health
  - name: Dashboard
    url: https://app.yourcompany.com

assignees:
  - your-github-username

status-website:
  cname: status.yourcompany.com  # Custom domain via CNAME

notifications:
  - type: slack
    url: $SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL

Upptime features:

• Monitoring every 5 minutes via GitHub Actions
• Status page on GitHub Pages (free hosting)
• Incident creation as GitHub Issues
• Email notifications via GitHub
• Response time tracking
• Uptime badges for README

Cost: $0 — runs on GitHub Actions free tier (2,000 minutes/month free)

Limitation: GitHub Actions dependency means slight monitoring lag and no SLA guarantee. Fine for most use cases.

GitHub: upptime/upptime — 15K+ stars

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4. OpenStatus — Modern Multi-Region

Best for: Teams who want global monitoring with a polished, modern status page UI.

OpenStatus is the newest tool here but has the most modern UX. It monitors from multiple global regions and includes incident management.

# Self-host:
git clone https://github.com/openstatusHQ/openstatus
cd openstatus
docker compose up -d
# Or deploy to Vercel/Railway with one click

OpenStatus differentiators:

• Multi-region checks (US, EU, APAC simultaneously)
• Detects regional outages vs global outages
• Modern, polished status page UI
• Incident management with subscriber emails
• API-first design

GitHub: openstatusHQ/openstatus — 6K+ stars

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Automate Status Page Updates

All of the above can be automated via webhook/API when your monitoring fires:

// Automation: Uptime Kuma alert → Cachet incident
app.post('/webhook/uptime-kuma', async (req, res) => {
  const { heartbeat, monitor } = req.body;

  if (heartbeat.status === 0) {
    // Monitor DOWN → create Cachet incident
    await cachet.createIncident({
      name: `${monitor.name} Down`,
      message: `We are investigating issues with ${monitor.name}.`,
      status: 1, // Investigating
      visible: 1,
      component_id: COMPONENT_MAP[monitor.name],
      component_status: 3, // Partial Outage
    });
  } else {
    // Monitor UP → resolve incident
    const incident = await cachet.getLatestIncident(COMPONENT_MAP[monitor.name]);
    await cachet.updateIncident(incident.id, {
      status: 4, // Fixed
      message: `${monitor.name} has recovered. All systems operational.`,
    });
  }
  res.sendStatus(200);
});

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Recommended Setup

Simple (solo/small team):
Uptime Kuma → built-in status page
Cost: ~$5/month VPS

Professional (startup):
Uptime Kuma (monitoring) → Cachet (status page)
+ n8n (subscriber email automation)
Cost: ~$10/month VPS

Zero infrastructure:
Upptime (GitHub Actions + GitHub Pages)
Cost: $0

Modern (public-facing product):
OpenStatus self-hosted
Cost: ~$10/month VPS

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