StatusDude - Monitor what others can't
Hey HN, I'm Oskar. For the past few months I've been building StatusDude - an uptime monitoring tool with private agents that auto-detects your Kubernetes resources. I run a bunch of stuff across multiple orgs, different clusters, internal networks, self-hosted, GKE, EKS, etc. Monitoring all of it without Datadog money was getting tough, and most tools don't even support internal networks. So, here we are. A tiny async agent sits inside your network and phones home over HTTPS. No inbound ports, no VPN, no firewall rules. One container, one helm install, done. A single instance handles 10k+…
StatusDude - Monitor what others can't launched on February 18, 2026 with 2 votes, #6,500 of 16,627 launches that month.
What it does
StatusDude monitors your websites, APIs, Kubernetes clusters, and internal services - all discovered automatically. Private agents reach what's behind firewalls to your networks and servers without opening inbound ports. helm install or docker run - that's it. Monitor private infra from the inside, or use multi-region checks for everything public. Free for 7 monitors, paid from $5/mo - no surprises. Free Team plan for Feb sign-ups for you to test everything and provide feedback!
The Dude
Uptime monitoring for websites, APIs, Kubernetes, and everything behind your firewall. Auto-discovered. Multi-region verified. HTTP checks are table stakes. StatusDude verifies from multiple regions, tracks response time percentiles, and alerts through channels that actually work. EU says down, US says up? That's a network blip. We verify from a second region before paging you — killing 80% of false positives. Payment API? Every 30 seconds. Marketing site? Every 5 minutes. Match frequency to what matters. An 8-second response is technically "up" but effectively dead. Track p50/p95 trends and catch degradation before downtime. Email, Slack, webhooks, browser push. Cooldown periods prevent…from statusdude.com
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hey HN, I'm Oskar. For the past few months I've been building StatusDude - an uptime monitoring tool with private agents that auto-detects your Kubernetes resources. I run a bunch of stuff across multiple orgs, different clusters, internal networks, self-hosted, GKE, EKS, etc. Monitoring all of it without Datadog…
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