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Dev tools · March 27, 2025

Dish: A lightweight HTTP and TCP socket monitoring tool written in Go

dish is a lightweight, 0 dependency monitoring tool in the form of a small binary executable. Upon execution, it checks the provided sockets (which can be provided in a JSON file or served by a remote JSON API endpoint). The results of the check are then reported to the configured channels. It started as a learning project and ended up proving quite handy. Me and my friend have been using it to monitor our services for the last 3 years. We have refactored the codebase to be a bit more presentable recently and thought we'd share on here! The currently supported channels include: - Telegram -…

Dish: A lightweight HTTP and TCP socket monitoring tool written in Go launched on March 27, 2025 with 39 votes, #596 of 7,215 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.

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In plain words

Dish is a lightweight Go-based monitoring tool that checks HTTP and TCP sockets and reports results to configured notification channels. It requires no external dependencies and can read socket configurations from JSON files or remote APIs. The tool supports Telegram, Prometheus Pushgateway, webhooks, and custom API endpoints for alerts. Designed for developers and system administrators who need simple service monitoring, Dish offers a small binary executable that has proven reliable for monitoring services over years of production use.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

A simple, remotely configurable monitoring service. - thevxn/dish

In the maker’s words, at launch

dish is a lightweight, 0 dependency monitoring tool in the form of a small binary executable. Upon execution, it checks the provided sockets (which can be provided in a JSON file or served by a remote JSON API endpoint). The results of the check are then reported to the configured channels. It started as a learning…

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