Wachd
What it is
Wachd is a free, open-source incident alert and diagnosis service for DevOps and SRE teams. It receives monitoring alerts, gathers nearby operational context, and sends an AI-generated root-cause diagnosis to the on-call engineer. Context can include the last 10 GitHub commits, 30 minutes of Loki or Datadog error logs, and metric history around the alert. Supported AI backends include in-cluster Ollama, vLLM, OpenAI-compatible models, Claude, OpenAI, and Gemini. On-call schedules support primary, secondary, and custom rotations, time-window restrictions, and self-service overrides. Alerts can notify through SMS, voice calls, email, and Slack, with escalation for unacknowledged incidents and cancellation after resolution. Listed integrations include Grafana, Prometheus, PagerDuty webhooks, GitHub, GitLab, Microsoft Teams, and Twilio. Wachd runs in the customer’s Kubernetes cluster and can keep incident data inside its VPC, including air-gapped deployments. It says emails, IP addresses, API keys, and account IDs are removed before AI processing. Deployment uses a Helm chart described as taking under 30 minutes.
For and against
For
- Free and Apache 2.0 licensed
- Collects commits, logs, and metric history
- Multiple AI backend choices
- Multichannel alert notifications
- Supports air-gapped in-cluster deployments
Against
- Requires Kubernetes deployment
- Incident diagnosis depends on configured AI backends
- Deployment is described through a Helm chart
- Support is email or Discord
The verdict
Wachd combines alert routing, contextual collection, AI diagnosis, and rotation scheduling in a self-hosted package. Its open license and VPC-contained deployment are central to its operating model.
Who it suits
Wachd is intended for DevOps and SRE teams managing alerts, diagnostics, and on-call rotations. It suits organizations requiring self-hosted Kubernetes deployment and in-cluster data residency.
Plans and prices
Free & open source
Self-hosted · Unlimited teams and users · No license required · Apache 2.0
Read 8 Oct 2026 · wachd.io
On the record
- Access controls
- It lists Entra ID, Okta, and Google Workspace group mappings, with local accounts available as break-glass access.wachd.io · read 8 Oct 2026
- AI backends
- It supports in-cluster Ollama, vLLM, or OpenAI-compatible models, as well as Claude, OpenAI, and Gemini.wachd.io · read 8 Oct 2026
- Context collection
- It collects the last 10 GitHub commits, 30 minutes of error logs from Loki or Datadog, and metric history around the alert window.wachd.io · read 8 Oct 2026
- Data residency
- The site says Wachd runs in the customer's Kubernetes cluster and incident data can remain inside its VPC, including in air-gapped deployments using an in-cluster model.wachd.io · read 8 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The site describes a Helm chart for Kubernetes and says deployment takes under 30 minutes.wachd.io · read 8 Oct 2026
- Infrastructure access
- Wachd describes its access to GitHub, GitLab, logs, and metrics as read-only or query-only.wachd.io · read 8 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The site lists Grafana, Datadog, Prometheus, Loki, PagerDuty webhooks, GitHub, GitLab, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Twilio, and several AI inference backends.wachd.io · read 8 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Wachd says it is built for DevOps and SRE teams.wachd.io · read 8 Oct 2026
- License and pricing
- Wachd states that it is free and open source, has no paid tier or license fees, and is licensed under Apache 2.0.wachd.io · read 8 Oct 2026
- Notifications
- Notifications can use SMS, voice calls, email, and Slack, with escalation for unacknowledged alerts and cancellation when resolved.wachd.io · read 8 Oct 2026
- On-call scheduling
- Schedules support primary, secondary, and custom rotation layers, time-window restrictions, and self-service overrides.wachd.io · read 8 Oct 2026
- PII protection
- Wachd says it strips emails, IP addresses, API keys, and account IDs before data reaches the AI backend.wachd.io · read 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Wachd receives monitoring alerts, gathers related context, and sends an AI-generated root cause diagnosis to the on-call engineer.wachd.io · read 8 Oct 2026
- Support
- The site directs questions to [email protected] or its Discord community.wachd.io · read 8 Oct 2026
