Watchflare
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Watchflare, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Watchflare's own pricing page, checked 4 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free self-hosted | Free | Runs on your own hardware · Free to self-host |
The facts
Each one read from Watchflare's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Alerts
- Users can set host-specific thresholds for CPU, memory, disk, load, and temperature, plus host-offline alerts.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Containers
- Opt-in container monitoring reports per-container CPU, memory, and network metrics through Docker or Podman.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Data control
- The Hub and database run on infrastructure the user controls, and agents communicate only with the Hub; the maker says there is no usage tracking or telemetry.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The Hub can be deployed with Docker Compose or as a standalone binary, and the web dashboard is embedded in the Hub.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Notifications can be sent by email or through Shoutrrr-supported channels including Discord, Slack, Telegram, Matrix, Ntfy, Gotify, and generic HTTP.checked 4 Oct 2026
- License and support
- Watchflare is licensed under AGPL-3.0, and the maker directs users to GitHub for issues and pull requests.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Live metrics
- Agents collect CPU, memory, disk, network, load, temperature, disk I/O, and swap metrics every 30 seconds.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Outage handling
- Agents buffer metrics in a configurable 10 MB default write-ahead log and replay them on reconnect; container metrics are not buffered.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Package inventory
- Watchflare scans about 30 package managers daily, records package changes, and detects available updates for supported managers.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Watchflare is open-source, self-hosted server monitoring that collects host metrics and package inventory and sends alerts.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Requirements
- The Hub requires Docker Engine 20.10+ with Compose v2+ for the documented Docker deployment; Linux and macOS agents support x86_64 and ARM64.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Security
- The product documents TLS 1.3, HMAC-SHA256 signed requests with anti-replay, JWT sessions, and bcrypt passwords.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Storage
- Metrics are stored in PostgreSQL with TimescaleDB, on a user-controlled Docker volume by default or an external TimescaleDB instance.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Supported systems
- The agent supports Linux with systemd and macOS through Homebrew; Windows support is planned.checked 4 Oct 2026
The company
- Maker
- The site credits Kilian PICHARD as the builder; the pages opened did not state a headquarters or founding year.checked 4 Oct 2026
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