Sigabrt.dev
Shares rank 4 of 8 uptime monitors by recommenders
People recommend it for emailing when scheduled runs go missing, with an SSH TUI and a dashboard. Critics say a heartbeat alone without logs cannot show why temporary failures happen.
People recommend it for emailing when scheduled runs go missing, with an SSH TUI and a dashboard. Critics say a heartbeat alone without logs cannot show why temporary failures happen.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
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What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Heartbeat alone lacks logs
“I don't see how a heartbeat alone without logs would help to identify temporary failures.”
Comment from 20 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Sigabrt.dev – cronjob monitor with an SSH TUI”
Other uptime monitors people recommend
The four most recommended other uptime monitors, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uptime Kuma | 17 | 2 | 89% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Healthchecks.io | 12 | 0 | 100% | 6 | — | Approved |
| Updog | 6 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
| Sigabrt.devThis page | 5 | 1 | 83% | 1 | — | — |
| UpDown.io | 5 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
All 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I don’t like the wrapper idea.”
“It’s emailing on missing reports of scheduled runs.”
“If this util benefits one reader on HN it's worth it.”
“I don't see how a heartbeat alone without logs would help to identify temporary failures.”
“And not blindly vibe coded.”
“If you need/want a dashboard it's kinda cool.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.