OpenStatus

OpenStatus is an open-source synthetic monitoring and status-page platform. It runs HTTP, TCP, and DNS uptime checks from 28 global regions, publishes hosted and self-hostable status pages, and manages incidents and status reports. The OpenStatus REST API at https://api.openstatus.dev/v1 lets teams programmatically manage monitors, status pages, status reports, incidents, and on-demand checks. The platform is free to self-host (AGPL-3.0) and also available as a managed cloud service.

OpenStatus publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Check API, Incident API, Monitor API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Monitoring, Synthetic Monitoring, Uptime, Status Pages, and Incidents.

OpenStatus’ developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, and 10 more developer resources.

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40.9/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 20/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

5 APIs

Monitoring Synthetic Monitoring Uptime Status Pages Incidents Open-Source Observability

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scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

Composite quality — 40.9/100 · developing

Contract Quality 14.8 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 4.8 / 20

Access Clarity 9.5 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.4 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 20/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Surface 0 / 5

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APIs 5

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Openstatus Rate Limits

6 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: openstatus
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstatus/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: OpenStatus
kind: company
description: OpenStatus is an open-source synthetic monitoring and status-page platform. It runs HTTP, TCP, and DNS uptime
  checks from 28 global regions, publishes hosted and self-hostable status pages, and manages incidents and status reports.
  The OpenStatus REST API at https://api.openstatus.dev/v1 lets teams programmatically manage monitors, status pages, status
  reports, incidents, and on-demand checks. The platform is free to self-host (AGPL-3.0) and also available as a managed cloud
  service.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/openstatus.png
tags:
- Monitoring
- Synthetic Monitoring
- Uptime
- Status Pages
- Incidents
- Open-Source
- Observability
tags_raw:
- Monitoring
- Synthetic Monitoring
- Uptime
- Status Pages
- Incidents
- Open Source
- Observability
created: '2026-06-21'
modified: '2026-06-21'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: openstatus:openstatus-check-api
  name: OpenStatus Check API
  description: On-demand synthetic checks.
  humanURL: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/monitor
  baseURL: https://api.openstatus.dev/v1
  tags:
  - Check
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openstatus-check-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/monitor
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/monitor
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/openstatus.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/openstatus.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/incident
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/incident
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/status-report
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/status-report
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/page
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/page
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/check
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/check
- aid: openstatus:openstatus-incident-api
  name: OpenStatus Incident API
  description: Incidents automatically opened when a monitor fails.
  humanURL: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/monitor
  baseURL: https://api.openstatus.dev/v1
  tags:
  - Incident
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openstatus-incident-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/monitor
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/monitor
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/openstatus.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/openstatus.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/incident
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/incident
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/status-report
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/status-report
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/page
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/page
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/check
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/check
- aid: openstatus:openstatus-monitor-api
  name: OpenStatus Monitor API
  description: HTTP, TCP, and DNS uptime monitors.
  humanURL: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/monitor
  baseURL: https://api.openstatus.dev/v1
  tags:
  - Monitors
  tags_raw:
  - Monitor
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openstatus-monitor-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/monitor
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/monitor
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/openstatus.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/openstatus.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/incident
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/incident
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/status-report
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/status-report
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/page
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/page
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/check
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/check
- aid: openstatus:openstatus-page-api
  name: OpenStatus Page API
  description: Public status pages and subscribers.
  humanURL: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/monitor
  baseURL: https://api.openstatus.dev/v1
  tags:
  - Page
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openstatus-page-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/monitor
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/monitor
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/openstatus.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/openstatus.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/incident
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/incident
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/status-report
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/status-report
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/page
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/page
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/check
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/check
- aid: openstatus:openstatus-status-report-api
  name: OpenStatus Status Report API
  description: Status reports and their updates.
  humanURL: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/monitor
  baseURL: https://api.openstatus.dev/v1
  tags:
  - Status Report
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openstatus-status-report-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/monitor
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/monitor
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/openstatus.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/openstatus.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/incident
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/incident
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/status-report
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/status-report
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/page
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/page
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/check
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs/api-reference/v1/check
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/openstatus-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/openstatus-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/openstatus-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/openstatus-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/openstatus-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/openstatusHQ
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/openstatushq
- type: Website
  url: https://www.openstatus.dev
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.openstatus.dev/docs
- type: Plans
  url: plans/openstatus-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/openstatus-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/openstatus-finops.yml
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.openstatus.dev/blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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