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Cabot

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CA5.2#37of 48
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Cabot is ranked #37 of 48 in uptime monitoring software on Inferse. It runs on API, Self-hosted, Web.

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Facts

Purpose
Cabot is a self-hosted watchdog for websites and infrastructure that alerts when services go down or metrics exceed thresholds.cabotapp.com · 11 Oct 2026
Logical service monitoring
Cabot monitors logical services across one or many machines and combines related checks into service statuses.cabotapp.com · 11 Oct 2026
Built-in checks
The homepage lists Graphite metrics, Jenkins jobs, and web endpoints as things Cabot can monitor.cabotapp.com · 11 Oct 2026
Graphite thresholds
Graphite checks support equality and greater-than or less-than comparisons against a chosen metric threshold.cabotapp.com · 11 Oct 2026
Severity levels
Services have Passing, Warning, Error, and Critical statuses, and telephone alerts are limited to Critical status when the listed service and duty-officer conditions are met.cabotapp.com · 11 Oct 2026
Plugins
Plugins can add alerting and check functionality, but the documentation says listed plugins may not have been validated and should be tested at the user's own risk.cabotapp.com · 11 Oct 2026
Deployment
The quickstart recommends Docker Compose and supports running Cabot behind Caddy or a separately configured reverse proxy.cabotapp.com · 11 Oct 2026
API
Cabot documents a browsable API with HTTP Basic or session authentication and Django permission checks for write methods.github.com · 11 Oct 2026
License and cost
The project describes Cabot as free and open source, and its repository identifies an MIT license.github.com · 11 Oct 2026
Maintenance
The repository says Cabot is stable and used in production but is not actively maintained, and that maintainers are wanted.github.com · 11 Oct 2026
Support and limitations
The services documentation says a formal alert acknowledgement and escalation procedure may suit larger organizations, and invites suggestions and pull requests.cabotapp.com · 11 Oct 2026
Monitoring
It can monitor Graphite metrics, Jenkins jobs and web endpoints.cabotapp.com · 11 Oct 2026
Service monitoring
Cabot groups checks into logical services, which can run across multiple machines.cabotapp.com · 11 Oct 2026
Alert severity
Service statuses include Passing, Warning, Error and Critical, with alert frequency depending on status.cabotapp.com · 11 Oct 2026
On-call rota
Cabot can sync an on-duty rota from a shared calendar with an iCalendar feed; syncing runs every 30 minutes.cabotapp.com · 11 Oct 2026
Rota limitation
Cabot does not support several support layers, alert escalation or shift swaps through its rota feature.cabotapp.com · 11 Oct 2026
API access
The API supports HTTP basic authentication and session authentication, with Django permissions controlling access to write methods.github.com · 11 Oct 2026
Project status
The project README says Cabot is stable and used in production but is not actively maintained, and seeks maintainers.github.com · 11 Oct 2026

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