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Open-source distributed monitoring system for tracking the performance and availability of networks, servers, VMs, applications and cloud services.

Open-source alternative to:DatadogPRTG Network MonitorSolarWinds

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What is it?

Zabbix is an enterprise-class monitoring solution that collects metrics from network devices, servers, services and other IT resources, then detects problems and sends alerts. It can monitor everything from a single standalone application to large multi-site environments.

Metrics can be gathered with an agent or agentless methods from sources such as operating systems, virtualization platforms, Docker and Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, databases, web pages, Java application servers and API endpoints. Templates provide prebuilt integrations, and resource discovery helps onboard and offboard hosts automatically.

Alerts can be routed to channels such as Slack, Jira, Microsoft Teams, email and SMS. Data is shown in graphs, dashboards, geomaps and network topology maps. Distributed setups support multiple data centers and remote sites behind firewalls, with multitenancy for separate departments or organizations.

Key features

  • 01Resource discovery and host onboarding via templates
  • 02Agent and agentless metric collection from servers, devices, containers and cloud
  • 03Real-time problem detection with root cause analysis
  • 04Notifications through Slack, Jira, Microsoft Teams, email and SMS
  • 05Graphs, dashboards, geomaps and network topology maps
  • 06Distributed monitoring with multitenancy and remote command execution

Use cases

  • Monitoring availability and performance of a company's network devices and servers
  • Watching Kubernetes, Docker or cloud infrastructure alongside traditional hosts
  • Monitoring remote sites or data centers behind firewalls from one console
  • Sending IT incident alerts into existing tools such as Jira or Microsoft Teams

Quick start

  1. 1

    Download Zabbix from the official download page

  2. 2

    Follow the installation manual to install and run Zabbix

Things to know

  • Self-hosting requires setting up a server, database and web frontend, which takes effort.
  • Licensed under AGPL-3.0, a copyleft license with network-use obligations for modified versions.

Topics

#monitoring#alerting#network-monitoring#metrics#application-monitoring#observability#zabbix

FAQ

What is zabbix?
Open-source distributed monitoring system for tracking the performance and availability of networks, servers, VMs, applications and cloud services. Zabbix is an enterprise-class monitoring solution that collects metrics from network devices, servers, services and other IT resources, then detects problems and sends alerts. It can monitor everything from a single standalone application to large multi-site environments.
Is zabbix free to use? What license does it have?
zabbix is open source under the AGPL-3.0 license. Check the license terms before using it in commercial products.
Is zabbix still maintained?
Actively maintained. The last commit to zabbix was on Oct 19, 2026.
What can I use zabbix for?
Monitoring availability and performance of a company's network devices and servers Watching Kubernetes, Docker or cloud infrastructure alongside traditional hosts Monitoring remote sites or data centers behind firewalls from one console Sending IT incident alerts into existing tools such as Jira or Microsoft Teams
How do I install zabbix?
Download Zabbix from the official download page Follow the installation manual to install and run Zabbix
Where can I get zabbix?
The source code and installation instructions are on GitHub: https://github.com/zabbix/zabbix

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