Checkmate vs Openstatus
Checkmate and Openstatus are both status page software. Checkmate is open source under AGPL-3.0, with 11k GitHub stars. Openstatus is open source under AGPL-3.0, with 9.2k GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick Checkmate when
- You want an Uptime Kuma-style monitor that also tracks server CPU, memory and disk.
- Pick Openstatus when
- You need a public status page plus synthetic uptime checks and prefer an open-source vendor.
Side by side
A self-hosted monitor for website uptime, response times, server hardware and incidents, with status pages.
A status page and uptime monitoring tool with checks from multiple regions, incident updates and notifications.
AGPL license, and hardware monitoring needs its separate agent.
AGPL license, no tagged releases, and self-hosting relies on services like Turso and Tinybird.
Usable (both)
Self-hosted server
Cloud service and self-hosted server
TypeScript, JavaScript and MongoDB
TypeScript, Go, Turso and Tinybird
Open source, AGPL-3.0 (network copyleft) (both)
Use inside your business is unrestricted. If you change it and let customers use it over the internet, you must publish your changes. (both)
11k GitHub stars
9.2k GitHub stars
Established: started 2 years ago, latest release v3.13.1.
Established: started 3 years ago, no tagged release yet.
Other comparisons
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from each project's README and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.