On the recordRead 11 Oct 202623 facts
Cabot
On the record
- Alert channels
- The alerting documentation lists email, Hipchat, Slack, SMS, and telephone as supported out of the box, with other channels available through plugins.cabotapp.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Alert severity
- Service statuses include Passing, Warning, Error and Critical, with alert frequency depending on status.cabotapp.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- API
- Cabot documents a browsable API with HTTP Basic or session authentication and Django permission checks for write methods.github.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- API access
- The API supports HTTP basic authentication and session authentication, with Django permissions controlling access to write methods.github.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Built-in checks
- The homepage lists Graphite metrics, Jenkins jobs, and web endpoints as things Cabot can monitor.cabotapp.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The quickstart recommends Docker Compose and supports running Cabot behind Caddy or a separately configured reverse proxy.cabotapp.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Graphite thresholds
- Graphite checks support equality and greater-than or less-than comparisons against a chosen metric threshold.cabotapp.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Keyword monitoring
- Yescabotapp.com · read 20 Sep 2026
- License and cost
- The project describes Cabot as free and open source, and its repository identifies an MIT license.github.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Logical service monitoring
- Cabot monitors logical services across one or many machines and combines related checks into service statuses.cabotapp.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Maintenance
- The repository says Cabot is stable and used in production but is not actively maintained, and that maintainers are wanted.github.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Monitoring
- It can monitor Graphite metrics, Jenkins jobs and web endpoints.cabotapp.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- On-call rota
- Cabot can sync an on-duty rota from a shared calendar with an iCalendar feed; syncing runs every 30 minutes.cabotapp.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Plugins
- Plugins can add alerting and check functionality, but the documentation says listed plugins may not have been validated and should be tested at the user's own risk.cabotapp.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Project status
- The project README says Cabot is stable and used in production but is not actively maintained, and seeks maintainers.github.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Cabot is a self-hosted watchdog for websites and infrastructure that alerts when services go down or metrics exceed thresholds.cabotapp.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Rota limitation
- Cabot does not support several support layers, alert escalation or shift swaps through its rota feature.cabotapp.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Server monitoring
- Yescabotapp.com · read 20 Sep 2026
