Monitoring built
on trust

Checkmate is an open-source infrastructure monitoring platform built by Bluewave Labs and a growing community of contributors who believe monitoring should be transparent, accessible, and powerful.

9,300+

GitHub stars

620+

Forks

130+

Contributors

9

Languages

Our mission

We believe that infrastructure monitoring is too important to be locked behind proprietary walls. Teams of all sizes deserve access to reliable, feature-rich monitoring without vendor lock-in or surprise bills.

Checkmate exists to democratize infrastructure monitoring. Whether you're a solo developer or an enterprise team, you deserve tools that respect your data and your intelligence.

What we believe

Transparency first

Open source isn't just a license - it's a commitment to transparency. Every line of code is public, every decision documented.

Community driven

Built by the community, for the community. Feature requests and improvements come from users who care.

Simplicity matters

Monitoring shouldn't require a PhD. Powerful features accessible to everyone, from solo devs to enterprise teams.

Self-hosted by default

Your data belongs to you. Self-hosting is a first-class citizen with zero feature restrictions.

Our journey

2023

Project inception

Started as an internal tool at Bluewave Labs.

2023

Open source release

Released under AGPL-3.0 license.

2024

Community growth

5,000 stars, Docker and game server support.

2025

Today

9,300+ stars, 130+ contributors worldwide.

Built by Bluewave Labs

Bluewave Labs is a software development company focused on building open-source tools for developers and teams. We believe in the power of community-driven software.

Checkmate is one of several open-source projects we maintain, and we're grateful for the community that has helped shape it.

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Join our community

Checkmate is built by developers, for developers. Join us to get help, share ideas, and contribute.

Ready to try Checkmate?

Start monitoring your infrastructure today. It's free to get started.