Free uptime monitoring for organizations doing good
Uptime monitoring, status pages and incident management for open-source projects, nonprofits and social-impact initiatives.
Made and hosted in the
European Union
Never applied to
Combinator
Average rating
4.8
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Who is Phare for Good for?
From open-source tools to humanitarian relief and independent media, free monitoring for initiatives where staying online has a real impact.
Open-source projects
Uptime monitoring and status pages for projects that share their codebase to the community.
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Nonprofits
Website monitoring, incident management and status pages for organizations doing good work.
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Social-impact projects
Monitoring for products and projects trying to make the world slightly less terrible.
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“Thanks to the Phare for Good program, Zen Browser keeps uptime monitoring and status pages in check without the cost. It’s simple, reliable, and fits perfectly into our open-source mission. No more headaches, just smooth sailing.”
Canoa
Contributor, Zen Browser
Industry: Open source
Team size: 10-50
Phare Uptime
Uptime monitoring, status pages and incident management
Three core capabilities built into one platform, completely covered for eligible projects.
Uptime monitoring
Know when your website or API goes down before someone emails you about it. Fast 30-second checks from independent European infrastructure.
Incident management
Track outages, coordinate with your team, and keep everyone updated from “uh oh” to “all good” without assembling spreadsheets at 2am.
Status pages
Give your users somewhere to check what’s happening when something inevitably goes sideways. Clean, branded, and hosted on your custom domain.
What's included?
Full access to core monitoring features with generous quotas and no credit card required.
- Uptime monitoring
- Checks every 30 seconds from independent European edge locations to spot downtime immediately.
- SSL certificate monitoring
- Automated TLS certificate checks that alert before certificates expire and cause an unnecessary outage.
- Alerts when something breaks
- Instant notifications via Discord, Slack, Telegram, email, and webhooks.
- Incident management
- Track outages, post updates, coordinate fixes, and keep a clean timeline without assembling spreadsheets at 2am.
- Status pages
- Host public or private status pages on your own custom domain with automatic SSL and subscriber feeds.
- Maintenance windows
- Schedule planned maintenance to avoid false alarms during upgrades and deployments.
- Unlimited members & projects
- Invite all your colleagues to contribute in unlimited projects, no per-seat surcharges.
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“Thanks to Phare for Good, Internews enjoys pro-bono uptime monitoring and AI tools that keep our sites resilient and efficient. This partnership powers the platforms that serve independent media and vulnerable communities, supporting access to reliable information around the world.”
Internews Europe
Industry: Media Support
Team size: 150-250
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Join businesses of all sizes and industry who run brilliant websites on Phare.
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Incredibly fast load times on every page with minimal download size, all running on 100% hydraulic energy Guarantee of Origin (GO). Phare also contribute 2% of revenue to carbon removal.
Frequently asked questions
You could not find the answer to your question? Ask support.
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Is uptime monitoring free for open-source projects?
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Yes. Open-source projects get free access to Phare uptime monitoring, status pages, alerts, and incident management with generous check capacity to cover documentation, APIs, and infrastructure.
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Does Phare offer free status pages for nonprofits?
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Yes. Registered nonprofits get free branded public or private status pages hosted on custom domains with automatic SSL, incident updates, and subscriber feeds.
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Does Phare offer free uptime monitoring for social-impact projects?
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Yes. Projects working on climate, civic tech, independent media, or community support qualify for free uptime monitoring, status pages, and alerts. If you're making the world a better place, even on a small scale please reach out.
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What does Phare for Good include?
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You get full access to core Phare capabilities: 30-second website and API monitoring, multi-channel alerts (Slack, Discord, Telegram, email, webhooks), public and private status pages with custom domains, incident management, and SSL certificate tracking. Quotas scale with your project's needs. SMS alerts are generally excluded to keep the program sustainable.
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How do I apply for Phare for Good?
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Send an email to support@phare.io with a short description of your organization or project and any relevant links (website, GitHub repo, charity registration). Applications are reviewed quickly, usually within 24 hours, and existing accounts are upgraded directly.
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Do I need a Phare account to apply?
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An account is not required before reaching out, but creating one beforehand lets you explore the dashboard right away. And if you decide Phare isn't for you, you can delete your account in two clicks.
Phare-tastic feedback
They all came for a free uptime monitoring tool, they stayed for the superior platform, and the vibe.
It has all the important features and its UI is just lovely!
Phare offers a nice status page that is incredibly easy to use. It’s free to play, no credit card required. Incident management has internal and external communication.
I simply love it. The UI is very clean and clear. You only pay what you use. That is for every request that is made. You can even adjust the frequency for each monitor individually. However, for me the best feature is the well-documented API that makes it possible to embed phare.io into your existing infrastructure in no-time.
It’s a great product, I was able to participate in the beta and it’s really a great project, I’m very happy that we have a solution like that in Europe. Can’t wait to see what happens next.
Phare can be described simply in two words: Absolutely amazing.
Nice UI, clear UX, custom domain, custom status page. I sign up and 5 minutes later I get : - 2FA secure auth - A nice status page on my own domain - Telegram & email alert working The product is simple and powerful, I love it. Bravo !
Super slick. Ridiculously simple to setup. Took me a minute to figure out where the badge was but otherwise this was setup in a blink of an eye.
We’ve been using Phare for months now, and the dev is actively working on improving the system! He responds to messages and even reached out to us when we didn’t know there was a problem. We’ve used lots of systems and by far this takes the cake and works perfect for what we need.
Checked many, many competitors, and Phare is fairly the best option to go with!
Amazing uptime management! Works automatically and notifies me via email.
I think Phare has a very clean and to the point interface and feature list. I use for my personal projects right now but I am considering it for work related things as well.
