# shinken-solutions/shinken

Flexible and scalable monitoring framework

Repository: https://github.com/shinken-solutions/shinken
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/shinken
Homepage: http://www.shinken-monitoring.org
Language: Python
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2024-04-26T08:16:18+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5762, "days_push": 859, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1136, forks 325 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:43.712655+00:00)

## What it is
Shinken is a Nagios-compatible monitoring framework written in Python, designed with a flexible, distributed architecture that scales to large environments. It reuses existing Nagios configurations and plugins while adding scalability features.

## Use cases
- monitor servers and network services at scale
- migrate from Nagios without rewriting configurations
- set up distributed monitoring across datacenters
- reuse existing Nagios plugins with a modern framework
- monitor large heterogeneous environments from one system

## When to choose
- you have existing Nagios configs and plugins you want to keep
- you need a monitoring architecture that scales beyond a single Nagios instance
- you want a Python-based, self-hosted monitoring solution

## When to avoid
- you want a modern actively developed monitoring stack with a large community
- you need built-in dashboards and metrics storage out of the box
- you prefer container-native or cloud-native monitoring tools

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: maintenance
- function: monitoring, alerting, logging
- domain: monitoring, infrastructure-as-code
- platform: windows, python, cross-platform
- tags: nagios-compatible, monitoring-framework, distributed-monitoring, self-hosted, devops, linux

## Member repositories
- shinken-solutions/shinken (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:43.712655+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:36:31.997773+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/shinken-solutions/shinken (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:43.712655+00:00, sha 6d1ec8c77382)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.