Checkmk – IT monitoring platform

Checkmk provides comprehensive and specialized solutions for dealing with the very diverse environments within IT infrastructures.

Only the Raw edition is free and open source software.

Key Features

  • Auto-discover your IT.
  • Monitor out-of-the-box with 2000+ plug-ins.
  • Auto-detect issues.

Website: github.com/Checkmk/checkmk
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Developer: Checkmk GmbH
License: GNU General Public License v2.0

checkmk in action
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Checkmk is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.


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