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| Field | Gatus | ntfy | Backlog.md |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platforms | Universal | Universal | Universal, Codex, Claude Code, Cursor |
| Local support | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Paid API | No | No | No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 / GPL-2.0 | MIT |
| Stars | 12381 | 35017 | 7131 |
| Last activity | September 24, 2026 | September 29, 2026 | — |
| Install complexity | سهل إلى متوسط / Easy to moderate | سهل للتجربة، متوسط للاستضافة الآمنة / Easy to try, moderate to self-host securely | Easy — npm, Bun, Homebrew, or Nix |
| Category | Security, DevOps | Workflow, DevOps | Multi-Agent, Git, Workflow |
| Best use | Best for an individual developer or small team that wants self-hosted website, API, DNS, and certificate checks with a status page and threshold-based alerts. It combines active checks and simple history in one service. It does not replace resource monitoring, logs, or distributed tracing. | Best for an individual developer or small team that wants backup, deployment, and scheduled-job alerts without building a notification app. It starts with one HTTP request and can be self-hosted with users and ACLs. It is not a complete incident-management or log-retention system. | Best for an individual developer or small team using coding agents and wanting to review the specification and plan before code. It keeps tasks, acceptance criteria, and decisions inside the project and exposes them through CLI, a local browser, or MCP. It is not a replacement for a centralized enterprise SaaS board with organization-wide permissions and reporting. |