Healthchecks

Healthchecks is an open source cron job and background task monitoring service that helps ensure your scheduled tasks are running on time. It provides a simple way to monitor automated jobs by expecting HTTP requests or emails within configured time windows.

Key Features

• Job Monitoring:

  • HTTP and email-based monitoring
  • Configurable periods and grace times
  • Cron expression support
  • Live status dashboard
  • Detailed event logs
  • Status badges

• Notification Channels:

  • Email alerts
  • Slack integration
  • Discord notifications
  • Telegram messages
  • PagerDuty integration
  • Many other integrations

• Team Features:

  • Multi-user projects
  • Team member management
  • Read-only access
  • Monthly reports
  • WebAuthn 2FA support

• Developer Tools:

  • REST API
  • Ping endpoints
  • Custom HTTP headers
  • Request body logging
  • Metrics and monitoring

Who Should Use Healthchecks

Healthchecks is ideal for:

• DevOps Teams monitoring infrastructure jobs
• Developers tracking automated tasks
• System Administrators ensuring cron jobs run
• Organizations requiring job monitoring
• Teams wanting self-hosted solutions

Getting Started

The platform can be deployed via Docker or directly on a Python environment. It supports PostgreSQL, MySQL and MariaDB databases and provides comprehensive documentation for setup and configuration.

Whether you're monitoring simple cron jobs or complex automated workflows, Healthchecks provides the monitoring infrastructure needed to ensure your scheduled tasks are running reliably.