InfluxDB
Monitoring & StatusPurpose-built time series database for metrics and events
Replaces Datadog, AWS Timestream
Best Real-Time Monitoring & Status for self-hosting
The 41 best Real-Time monitoring & status you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
Apache SkyWalking
Monitoring & StatusAPM and observability for cloud-native architectures
Replaces New Relic, Datadog
Jaeger
Monitoring & StatusEnd-to-end distributed tracing for microservices
Replaces Datadog APM, New Relic
Vector
Monitoring & StatusHigh-performance observability data pipeline
Replaces Logstash, Fluentd
Kibana
Monitoring & StatusVisualization and exploration for Elasticsearch data
Replaces Splunk, Datadog
GoAccess
Monitoring & StatusReal-time web log analyzer and interactive viewer
Replaces Google Analytics
cAdvisor
Monitoring & StatusContainer resource usage and performance analysis
Replaces Datadog
Zipkin
Monitoring & StatusDistributed tracing system for latency troubleshooting
Replaces Datadog APM
Logstash
Monitoring & StatusServer-side data processing pipeline for logs
Replaces Fluentd
Dozzle
Monitoring & StatusReal-time log viewer for Docker containers
Replaces Datadog Logs
Thanos
Monitoring & StatusHighly available Prometheus setup with long-term storage
Replaces Datadog, Grafana Cloud
Pinpoint APM
Monitoring & StatusApplication performance management for large-scale systems
Replaces New Relic, Dynatrace
OpenSearch
Monitoring & StatusSearch and observability suite with logs and dashboards
Replaces Elasticsearch, Splunk
Fluentd
Monitoring & StatusUnified logging layer for collecting and routing data
Replaces Logstash
Grafana Pyroscope
Monitoring & StatusContinuous profiling for finding performance bottlenecks
Replaces Datadog Profiler
Checkmate
Monitoring & StatusOpen-source uptime and infrastructure monitoring tool
Replaces Pingdom, Better Uptime
HyperDX
Monitoring & StatusOpen-source observability for logs, traces, and session replay
Replaces Datadog, Sentry
OpenStatus
Monitoring & StatusOpen-source synthetic monitoring and status pages
Replaces Pingdom, Checkly
ntopng
Monitoring & StatusHigh-speed network traffic analysis and flow monitoring
Replaces SolarWinds NetFlow
Graylog
Monitoring & StatusCentralized log management and analysis platform
Replaces Splunk, Datadog Logs
Fluent Bit
Monitoring & StatusLightweight and fast logs and metrics processor
Replaces Logstash
Coroot
Monitoring & StatuseBPF-based observability with automatic insights
Replaces Datadog, New Relic
OpenTelemetry Collector
Monitoring & StatusVendor-agnostic agent for telemetry collection and export
Replaces Datadog Agent
Hertzbeat
Monitoring & StatusReal-time monitoring system with customizable templates
Replaces Zabbix, Datadog
NetAlertX
Monitoring & StatusNetwork presence scanner and intrusion detection
Replaces Fing
Pulse Monitor
Monitoring & StatusSelf-hosted monitoring of Proxmox and infrastructure
Replaces Datadog
Graphite
Monitoring & StatusScalable real-time graphing and time series storage
Replaces Datadog
Monitoror
Monitoring & StatusUnified monitoring wallboard for builds and services
Replaces Datadog
Uptrace
Monitoring & StatusOpenTelemetry-based tracing, metrics, and logs tool
Replaces Datadog, New Relic
Grafana Alloy
Monitoring & StatusOpenTelemetry collector distribution for all telemetry
Replaces Datadog Agent
Robusta
Monitoring & StatusKubernetes observability and automated troubleshooting
Replaces Datadog, PagerDuty
Karma
Monitoring & StatusAlert dashboard for Prometheus Alertmanager
Replaces PagerDuty
Perses
Monitoring & StatusOpen dashboard tool and visualization standard for metrics
Replaces Grafana
Kapacitor
Monitoring & StatusReal-time streaming data processing and alerting engine
Replaces Datadog Monitors, Splunk ITSI
Kuberhealthy
Monitoring & StatusSynthetic monitoring and health checks for Kubernetes
Replaces Datadog
Icinga 2
Monitoring & StatusScalable monitoring system that watches hosts and networks
Replaces SolarWinds, PRTG
Domain Locker
Monitoring & StatusTrack domain expiry, DNS, and SSL certificate health
Replaces DNSstuff
Peekaping
Monitoring & StatusSelf-hosted uptime monitoring and status page service
Replaces Pingdom, Better Uptime
Grafana Faro
Monitoring & StatusFrontend observability SDK and collector
Replaces Sentry, LogRocket
ElastAlert 2
Monitoring & StatusAlerting framework for anomalies in Elasticsearch data
Replaces Splunk Alerts
Kuma Mieru
Monitoring & StatusModern status page frontend powered by Uptime Kuma data
Replaces StatusPage, Instatus
No apps match these filters.
At a glance
| App | Deploy effort | Difficulty | Min. RAM | License | ★ Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| InfluxDB | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 512 MB | MIT | 31,763 |
| Apache SkyWalking | Under-an-hour setup | Hard | 2,048 MB | Apache-2.0 | 24,968 |
| Jaeger | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 512 MB | Apache-2.0 | 23,293 |
| Vector | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 64 MB | MPL-2.0 | 22,697 |
| Kibana | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 1,024 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 21,311 |
| GoAccess | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 64 MB | MIT | 21,047 |
| cAdvisor | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 64 MB | Apache-2.0 | 19,478 |
| Zipkin | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 512 MB | Apache-2.0 | 17,466 |
| Logstash | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 1,024 MB | Apache-2.0 | 14,966 |
| Dozzle | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 32 MB | MIT | 14,629 |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: InfluxDB (31,763 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: Dozzle (from 32 MB RAM, against 2,048 MB for the heaviest here).
- Licensing: 20 of 41 use Apache-2.0; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.
Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Real-Time within the monitoring & status category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.