Kener
Kener is an open-source status page system for teams that need to monitor services and keep users informed about their status.
What Kener is
Kener is an open-source status page system for teams that need to monitor services and keep users informed about their status. It supports checks for APIs, Ping, TCP, DNS, SSL, SQL, Heartbeat, and GameDig. Teams can publish incident timelines and updates, collect acknowledgements, and schedule maintenance windows. Alerts can be sent by webhook, Discord, Slack, or email, while pages can use a custom domain and be branded with logos, colors, CSS, and themes in light or dark mode.
Access roles include admin, editor, and member, and OpenID Connect sign-in is supported. A REST API covers incidents, monitors, and reporting. Listed analytics integrations include Google Analytics, Plausible, Mixpanel, Umami, and Clarity. Kener is free under the MIT License. It can be deployed with Docker Compose or Node.js, with SQLite, PostgreSQL, and MySQL documented as database options. Running without Docker requires Node.js 24.14 or newer and Redis.
Good
- Free and open source under the MIT License
- Supports multiple types of service checks
- Incident timelines, acknowledgements, and maintenance scheduling
- Custom domains and branded page themes
- REST API and listed analytics integrations
Watch out
- Non-Docker setup requires Node.js 24.14 or newer and Redis
- No plan limits are stated
Who it suits
Kener suits teams seeking a lightweight, customizable status page setup with service checks and incident communication. Its deployment options and role-based access may fit teams managing their own status page.
Verdict
Kener brings monitoring, incident updates, maintenance scheduling, and page customization into a free status page system. Check its runtime requirements if you plan to deploy it without Docker.
Plans and prices
From Kener's own pricing page, checked 10 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Kener | Free | No plan limits stated · Open source and free |
The facts
Each one read from Kener's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Analytics integrations
- The project lists Google Analytics, Plausible, Mixpanel, Umami, and Clarity integrations.checked 10 Oct 2026
- API
- Kener provides a REST API for incidents, monitors, and reporting.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Custom domain
- Yeschecked 19 Sep 2026
- Deployment
- Kener can be deployed with Docker Compose or Node.js, and its deployment guide documents SQLite, PostgreSQL, and MySQL options.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Incident management
- Kener supports incident timelines, updates, acknowledgements, and scheduled maintenance windows.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Incident updates
- Yeschecked 19 Sep 2026
- License and maintainer
- The project documentation says Kener is maintained by Rajnandan1 and licensed under the MIT License.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Maintenance scheduling
- Yeschecked 19 Sep 2026
- Monitoring
- The project lists API, Ping, TCP, DNS, SSL, SQL, Heartbeat, and GameDig checks.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Notifications
- Alert triggers support webhook, Discord, Slack, and email delivery.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Kener is an open-source status page system for monitoring services and communicating their status to users.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Runtime requirements
- Running Kener without Docker requires Node.js 24.14 or newer and Redis.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Security configuration
- The documentation recommends a strong random KENER_SECRET_KEY and says it is used for sessions, API keys, password handling, and cookie signing.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Single sign-on
- Kener supports OpenID Connect sign-in using Authorization Code Flow with PKCE.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Status page customization
- Status pages can be branded with logos, colors, CSS, and themes, with light and dark modes.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Subscriber channels
- emailchecked 19 Sep 2026
- Target use
- Kener is presented as a lightweight status page system for teams seeking a simple, customizable setup.checked 10 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 19 Sep 2026
The company
- Team access
- Kener provides role-based access, including admin, editor, and member roles.checked 10 Oct 2026
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