GoAlert provides on-call scheduling, automated escalations and notifications (like SMS or voice calls) to automatically engage the right person, the right way, and at the right time.
GoAlert makes use of services, escalation policies, schedules, and rotations to determine who should receive an alert notification.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Easy to use.
- Customize GoAlert to notify you and automatically escalate to others if you’re not available.
- Simplified On-Call Management – manage team schedules, control who is on-call and view relevant information quickly.
- Customizable Integrations – provides convenient options for external integration with existing monitoring and telemetry systems.
- Mobile Friendly – acknowledge and close alerts through the mobile-friendly web UI, or with simple one-character SMS replies.
- Low system requirements.
Website: github.com/target/goalert
Support:
Developer: GoAlert Maintainers
License: Apache License 2.0

GoAlert is written in Go and TypeScript. Learn Go with our recommended free books and free tutorials. Learn TypeScript with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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