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Checkmate vs Vigil
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | Checkmate | Vigil |
|---|---|---|
| Language | TypeScript | Rust |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 | MPL-2.0 |
| Stars | 11k | 2k |
| Latest | v3.12.0 | v1.29.0 |
| Last push | 2026-10-01 | 2026-05-03 |
| Release cadence | about 19 days between releases | about 31 days between releases |
| Active contributors | 15+ commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 0 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
Both replace Statuspage. Alternatives to Statuspage →
Full replacementCheckmatePublic status pages built from its monitors.
PartialVigilStatus page driven by its own probes, without incident write-ups for subscribers.
Checkmate
- v3.12.02026-09-13Docker monitoring is the headline of this release. Containers are now a monitor type in their own right, with host and…
- v3.11.02026-08-26Outbound proxy support: global and per monitor proxies
- v3.10.02026-07-28Checkmate now ships as a single image: ghcr.io/bluewave-labs/checkmate. The old per service images (checkmate-client, c…
- v3.9.22026-07-07[x] Status pages: public payloads now use a strict allowlist of monitor fields — credentials and internal configuration…
- v3.9.12026-07-03Uptime percentage for monitors — new MongoDB aggregation stage exposes uptime % on individual monitor views and on stat…
Checkmate
✓ signed The latest release, v3.12.0, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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Vigil
✓ signed The latest release, v1.29.0, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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