hookdash

What it does

API

The documented API includes event and endpoint management, replay, statistics, a real-time stream, and a health check.checked 11 Oct 2026

Circuit breaker

After five consecutive endpoint failures, hookdash stops sending to that endpoint for 60 seconds before probing it with a request.checked 11 Oct 2026

Configuration

Configuration is YAML-based and supports environment variable interpolation for values such as signing secrets.checked 11 Oct 2026

Dashboard

The dashboard provides event search and filtering, payload and delivery details, replay, statistics, endpoint management, and live updates.checked 11 Oct 2026

Delivery

Webhook delivery uses configurable exponential backoff with jitter, and events exceeding the retry limit go to a dead letter queue.checked 11 Oct 2026

Delivery reliability

It supports configurable exponential-backoff retries with jitter, a dead letter queue, and manual replay from the dashboard.checked 10 Oct 2026

Deployment

The project documents installation through npx, global npm installation, and Docker.checked 10 Oct 2026

Intended users

The README names developers and small teams as its target audience.checked 11 Oct 2026

License

The repository states that hookdash is licensed under MIT.checked 11 Oct 2026

License and audience

The repository is MIT-licensed and describes its target audience as developers and small teams.checked 10 Oct 2026

Maintainer

The GitHub profile links the me-npm account to Ahmer Arain’s personal website.checked 11 Oct 2026

Notable limits

The roadmap lists dashboard authentication, per-source rate limiting, metrics export, forwarding transforms, and a PostgreSQL adapter as planned items.checked 11 Oct 2026

Purpose

hookdash is a self-hosted webhook gateway for receiving, queuing, retrying, and monitoring webhooks.checked 11 Oct 2026

Real-time updates

The dashboard uses Server-Sent Events for live updates.checked 11 Oct 2026

Setup

The README documents running hookdash with npx, installing it globally from npm, or deploying it with Docker.checked 11 Oct 2026

Signature verification

Built-in signature verification supports Stripe, GitHub, Twilio, Shopify, and generic HMAC.checked 11 Oct 2026

Storage

It uses SQLite and describes itself as requiring no Redis or Postgres.checked 11 Oct 2026

Storage and setup

It uses a single SQLite file and says it needs no Redis or Postgres.checked 10 Oct 2026

What it does

hookdash is a self-hosted webhook gateway for receiving, queuing, retrying, and monitoring webhooks.checked 10 Oct 2026