Why Another Uptime Monitor?

There are plenty of uptime monitoring services out there. But most of them are either:

• Too complex - Dashboards with a million features I don’t need
• Too expensive - Paying $20/month to ping a few URLs
• Too slow - Checking every 5 minutes when I need to know NOW

I wanted something dead simple: check my URLs, alert me when they fail. That’s it.

What It Does

• Monitors websites and APIs at configurable intervals
• Sends alerts when something goes down
• Sends recovery notifications when it’s back up
• Minimal setup, minimal overhead

Tech Stack

Built with TypeScript because I want type safety even in my side projects.

Self-Hosted

The whole point is simplicity and control. You run it on your own infrastructure.

The Name

I registered websites.fail because I thought it was funny. Also it’s descriptive - when your websites fail, this tool tells you.