gatus
Automated developer-oriented status page with alerting and incident support
Runssource: GitHubhomepageGoApache-2.0commit 4d15cb7eed62
Go, Apache-2.0 licensed. The project labels itself: alerting, container, dashboard, devops, docker, go, golang and health.
gatus runs. An Argusic agent installed it in 45 minutes and hit 3 errors and fixed every one without help on a clean machine with no GPU, and the whole session was recorded.
Gatus builds from source, launches on port 8080, serves the health API returning 200, monitors all configured HTTP and DNS endpoints, and 74 of 76 Go test packages pass with only ICMP tests failing due to missing CAP_NET_RAW in the unprivileged container
What the agent ended up with on a clean machine, in its own words. How this is measured
Measured by Argusic on a fresh machine every time. Every number links to its evidence. Argusic Score 100 of 100 (the mean of this project's run scores).
At a glance
Subject data from GitHub, linked at the top of this page, refreshed . Test data by Argusic (CC BY 4.0); every number links to a run page with the full log, the recording, and their sha256 hashes.
What was measured
From the run that decided this verdict. Every line is a recorded value, not an estimate.
What went wrong, in the agent's own words
The agent's own words, worst first, never rewritten into advice.
- Go not installed in container — missing /usr/local/go7 minutes
- TestPing fails — ICMP needs CAP_NET_RAW
- TestIntegrationEvaluateHealthForICMP fails — same ICMP privilege issue
- Install time
- 45 minutes
- Cold machine to finish
- 6 minutes
- Errors hit and fixed
- 3 hit, 3 fixed with no human help
- How the result was proved
- make install built binary; curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' localhost:8080/health returned 200; curl -s http://localhost:8080/api/v1/endpoints/statuses returned 200 with valid JSON containing 7 endpoint results; make test passed 74/76 packages
- Model tokens used
- 36,943
- Exact commit tested
- 4d15cb7eed62
- Container image
- sha256:cdd920bce783
What was not measured
The other half, so you can see exactly how far this evidence goes. A gap is printed as a gap and never filled in.
- Peak GPU memory
- this ran on a CPU machine, so there was no GPU to sample
- Behaviour over a long run
- each attempt uses the smallest documented settings and a fixed time budget, so this measures whether it runs, not how it holds up under load
The end of the recording
The last lines of the terminal session that decided this verdict, exactly as they were recorded.
**Tests**: 74 of 76 test packages pass. Two ICMP failures (`TestPing` and `[KEY MATERIAL MASKED]`) … **Launch**: Binary starts, binds `0.0.0.0:8080`, monitors all 7 endpoints, and the API answers `200… ``` ``` tokens used 36,943 Here's the complete assessment: **Install**: Go was missing from the container. Installed `go1.23.4` manually to `/home/runner/go` … **Tests**: 74 of 76 test packages pass. Two ICMP failures (`TestPing` and `[KEY MATERIAL MASKED]`) … **Launch**: Binary starts, binds `0.0.0.0:8080`, monitors all 7 endpoints, and the API answers `200… ``` ```
Replay the whole session, every command from a clean machine to this point.
How it was tested
One agent, one container, no human help. It installs the project the way its own documentation says to, runs it, and fixes what breaks. Everything below is recorded as it happened: the terminal session, the log and the exact commit. The full method.
Strengths and limits
Measured facts, not opinions. How this is written.
What went well
- Reached a running state on a clean machine, with the session recorded.
- Installed in 45 minutes.
- Recovered from all 3 errors without a human stepping in, which says the failures are documented well enough to solve.
- Ran without a GPU, so it does not need one to start.
- Licensed Apache-2.0, as reported by its host.
- Measured 3 times, so the result is not a one-off.
What it is a reasonable choice for
- Trying it on a laptop or a small server: it reached a running state without a GPU.
Also tested, in the same area
Every one of these was installed and run by Argusic on a clean machine. Nothing appears here that was not tested.
Run history
Topics (from GitHub)
alertingcontainerdashboarddevopsdockergogolanghealthmonitormonitoringmonitoring-toolnotificationsself-hostedselfhostedslackstatusstatus-pagestatuspageuptimeuptime-monitoring
Embed the badge
Markdown for the project README. It links back here; terms on the terms page.
[](https://argusic.com/subject/gatus)Questions
- Does gatus run?
- Yes. gatus runs. Argusic installed and launched it on a clean machine in 45 minutes, hitting 3 errors on the way, and recorded the session.
- How did Argusic test gatus?
- On a fresh, disposable machine, with every command recorded and the repository pinned at commit 4d15cb7eed62. 3 attempts are recorded, and the full method is on the methodology page.
- What did it cost to test gatus?
- The run that produced this verdict cost $0.02: real compute and model cost, not a list price per million tokens. It is recorded on that run's page.
- How long does gatus take to install?
- 45 minutes in the run that decided this verdict, from a clean machine to a running state. That is one measured attempt, not an average.
- Does gatus need a GPU?
- Not to start. Argusic reached a running state on a machine with no GPU.
- What goes wrong when installing gatus?
- 3 things broke in the recorded run, and 3 were fixed without human help. Each one, and the time it cost, is listed on this page.
- Where is the evidence for gatus?
- All 3 recorded runs are on this page, each linking to its full log and terminal recording, stored with a sha256 fingerprint so it cannot be quietly altered.