LibrePing
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The facts
Each one read from LibrePing's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Alert delivery
- Failed alert sends are retried, and another hub can take over if the notifying hub goes offline; delivery is at-least-once and can produce duplicates during failover.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Alert privacy
- Alert destinations are encrypted to the hubs responsible for notifying the user, so other hub operators see ciphertext.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Alerts
- Alert integrations include ntfy, Discord, Slack, and raw webhooks, with alert destinations encrypted for the hubs responsible for sending notifications.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Checks
- It supports HTTP(S), TCP, DNS, TLS certificate, ICMP ping and traceroute checks.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Check types
- It supports HTTP(S), TCP, DNS, TLS certificate, ICMP ping, and traceroute checks.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Dashboard
- The dashboard includes a geographic map, network overview, and per-monitor uptime and latency timelines with location breakdowns and recent checks.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Data integrity
- Probes sign results and hubs verify signatures; operators can use an allowlist of trusted probes.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Decentralized network
- Hubs share check data through a peer-to-peer libp2p gossip mesh without a central server.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The maker provides Docker Compose setups for running a hub or a probe, and says both ship as Docker images.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Federation
- Hubs form a peer-to-peer libp2p gossip mesh that shares monitoring data without a central server.checked 11 Oct 2026
- History limits
- By default, hubs retain full-detail results for 7 days, hourly summaries for 90 days and daily summaries for 730 days; results are in memory only without a database.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integrity and trust
- Probes sign results and hubs verify signatures; operators can use an allowlist, while the default policy accepts validly signed results and relies on corroboration.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The maker describes use cases including monitoring one's services across countries, contributing a probe, or hosting a federated hub.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License
- LibrePing is free software under AGPL-3.0, which requires sharing modifications when running a modified version as a network service.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Location caveat
- Probe locations are auto-detected from public IP by default but remain self-declared, with no cryptographic proof of geography.checked 11 Oct 2026
- No signup
- The dashboard creates an identity key in the browser, and users can save a recovery phrase to move their identity to another device.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Probe limit
- A probe defaults to a hard cap of 300 checks per minute, configurable with MAX_CHECKS_PER_MINUTE.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Probe limits
- A probe defaults to a cap of 300 checks per minute, and ICMP and traceroute require the NET_RAW capability.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- LibrePing monitors websites and services from multiple locations and displays reachability results on a live map.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Retention
- By default hubs retain detailed results for 7 days, hourly summaries for 90 days, and daily summaries for 730 days; older data is dropped.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Self-hosting
- Users can run a hub with its own dashboard or run a probe to contribute a monitoring location; both ship as Docker images.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Shared checks
- When multiple users add the same target, LibrePing deduplicates it so the network monitors it once and shares the result.checked 11 Oct 2026
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