healthchecks/healthchecks
Open-source cron job and background task monitoring service, written in Python & Django observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
92/100
- Activity 98
- Release rhythm 81
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 40.0
- age_days: 4087
- days_rel: 50
- days_push: 12
- n_releases_24m: 17
Adoption not part of the score
10288 stars · 1000 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Healthchecks is an open-source cron job and background task monitoring service built with Python and Django. It listens for HTTP or email pings from scheduled jobs and sends alerts through 25+ integrations when a ping does not arrive on time.
Use cases
- monitor cron jobs and get alerted when they fail to run
- dead man's switch monitoring for nightly backups
- alert when a scheduled task or systemd timer doesn't run on time
- self-host a cron job monitoring service
- track periodic scripts like SSL renewals and data syncs
- add status badges for scheduled jobs to dashboards
When to choose
- you need to know when a cron job, backup, or scheduled task silently fails to run
- you want a self-hosted dead man's switch with a web dashboard, API, and many notification integrations
- you prefer a simple, focused tool rather than a full metrics/APM platform
When to avoid
- you need website uptime probing or HTTP endpoint health checks
- you need application performance metrics or log aggregation
- you want to monitor jobs that run on demand rather than on a schedule
Facets
service · maturity stable
monitoring alerting scheduling webhook self-hosted monitoring self-hosted python self-hosted cron-monitoring dead-mans-switch django heartbeat background-jobs devops automation docker web-server linux
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/healthchecks/healthchecks · fetched 2026-08-28 · a07ca62615f0
- homepage: https://healthchecks.io · fetched 2026-08-29 · 756d4cde3fef
- site_page: https://healthchecks.io/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · dbca65e84f29
- site_page: https://healthchecks.io/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · c29c2a68fc06
- site_page: https://healthchecks.io/docs/cron · fetched 2026-08-29 · a0465048402d
- site_page: https://healthchecks.io/pricing · fetched 2026-08-29 · 01c34a2ab37b
- site_page: https://healthchecks.io/integrations/add_slack · fetched 2026-08-29 · b072f446b2ed
- site_page: https://healthchecks.io/integrations/googlechat · fetched 2026-08-29 · 64e37001a889
- site_page: https://healthchecks.io/integrations/mattermost · fetched 2026-08-29 · abe4a44111ad
- site_page: https://healthchecks.io/integrations/pagerduty · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9d609dacc938
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| healthchecks/healthchecks | main | 92 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="healthchecks/healthchecks")
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