APACHE-2.0 · SELF-HOSTED · NO VENDOR LOCK-IN # Open-Source Alerting for Your Existing Stack Nightingale (n9e) is an open-source alerting engine. Keep your metrics and logs where they are: write and run alert rules across Prometheus, VictoriaMetrics, Elasticsearch, ClickHouse, and more — from one place — and send alerts to Slack, PagerDuty, or whatever your team already uses. * Built-in AI assistant * MCP server [Try live demo](https://play.n9e.io/api/n9e/auth/demo-login)No sign-up [Install in 5 minutes](https://n9e.github.io/docs/get-started/quick-start.md)Self-hosted [GitHub★ ](https://github.com/ccfos/nightingale) [13k+](https://github.com/ccfos/nightingale) Run the whole stack locally `git clone https://github.com/ccfos/nightingale.gitcd nightingale/docker/compose-bridgedocker compose up -d`Copy n9e.example.com/dashboards ![Nightingale monitoring dashboard](https://n9e.github.io/img/hero-dashboard-light.webp)![](https://n9e.github.io/img/hero-dashboard-dark.webp) S1CPU usage above 90% \_\_name\_\_=cpu\_usage\_idleident=n9e-demo-01busigroup=DevOps Fired **02:14:07**Firing for **14m** Delivered![Slack](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos/slack.png)![PagerDuty](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos/pagerduty.png)![Telegram](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos/telegram.png) 13,337GitHub stars 10+Data source types 20Notification channels 83Built-in integrations 74MCP tools HOW IT WORKS ## From any data source to someone getting paged Nightingale does not take over your storage. It does one layer well. Here is how data moves through it — each stage is a real object in the product. datasourceruleeventagent **event** — data becomes an alert here datasource ### Connect what you already run No migration. Register Prometheus, VictoriaMetrics, ElasticSearch, ClickHouse or Loki as a data source and Nightingale evaluates alerts on top of it. Nothing collecting yet? Categraf covers operating systems, middleware and databases in a single agent and writes straight in over Prometheus Remote Write. * 10+ data source types — metrics, logs and databases alike * 83 built-in integrations bundle collector config, dashboards and rules ![Nightingale integration templates](https://n9e.github.io/img/step-connect.webp) rule ### Write the rule once Metrics, logs and SQL-queried stores share one rule model, so there is nothing new to learn per data source. Rules are configured in the UI, scoped by business group, and graded S1 / S2 / S3. A library of common rules ships with the install, so you never start from an empty page. * One rule can span several data sources * Edit rules in the UI or through the API — no YAML reload cycle ![Nightingale alert rule management](https://n9e.github.io/img/step-alert-en.webp) event ### Cut the noise, then route Storms collapse into an aggregated view by business group and severity. Mute rules, subscriptions and event pipelines filter what is left, and the survivors reach people through 20 notification channels. Wire up ibex when an alert should fix itself. * DingTalk, Feishu, WeCom, phone, SMS, Slack and 15 more * Event pipelines group similar alerts, rewrite labels and route conditionally ![Nightingale aggregated alert events](https://n9e.github.io/img/step-automate-en.webp) agent ### Hand it to an agent Since v9 the n9e process is itself an MCP server. Claude Code, Cursor and anything else that speaks MCP connect to /mcp and manage alerting in plain language. There is no extra process to deploy. * Nightingale AI assistant and Skills included * Permissions follow the token — identical RBAC to that user in the UI \~/.claude.json ``` { "mcpServers": { "nightingale": { "type": "http", "url": "http://127.0.0.1:17000/mcp", "headers": { "X-User-Token": "" } } } } ``` BUILT-IN MCP SERVER ## 74 tools, nothing extra to deploy The MCP endpoint lives inside the n9e process, so it is not one more component to operate. Every tool call is dispatched onto Nightingale’s own HTTP API carrying your token — a client can never reach anything its token’s owner cannot. 42read tools 32write tools 13toolsets Toolsets alertstargetsdatasourcemutesbusi\_groupsnotify\_rulesalert\_subscribesevent\_pipelinesusersmetricslogsdashboardsroles The write tools are not registered until you turn them on in config. Authenticate with a personal token or OAuth 2.1: Nightingale can act as the authorization server itself, so hosted clients like Claude and ChatGPT connect with zero pre-registration, or as a resource server in front of your existing Keycloak, Entra ID or Okta. claude — nightingale via MCP which S1 alerts from last night are still firing? nightingale · get\_alert\_events severity=1 status=firing 3 still firing. Longest: mysql-prod replica lag > 30s, 2h14m what did memory on mysql-prod look like this past hour? nightingale · query\_metrics ident=mysql-prod range=1h Peak 87.4%, now 62.1%. No memory rule fired. mute the replica lag alert until 9am, reason "change window" nightingale · create\_mute\_rule scope=mysql-prod until=09:00 ✓ Mute rule #1024 created, expires tomorrow 09:00 INTEGRATIONS ## It grows on the stack you have Nightingale never asks you to replace what works. Data sources, collectors and notification channels all plug into what is already running. DATA SOURCES · Data sources * ![Prometheus logo](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos/prometheus.png)Prometheus * ![VictoriaMetrics logo](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos/victoriametrics.png)VictoriaMetrics * ![ElasticSearch logo](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos/elasticsearch.png)ElasticSearch * ![ClickHouse logo](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos/ck.png)ClickHouse * ![Loki logo](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos/loki.png)Loki * ![VictoriaLogs logo](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos/victorialogs.png)VictoriaLogs * ![MySQL logo](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos/mysql.png)MySQL * ![PostgreSQL logo](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos/pgsql.png)PostgreSQL * ![TDengine logo](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos/tdengine.png)TDengine * ![OpenSearch logo](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos/opensearch.png)OpenSearch * ![Doris logo](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos/doris.png)Doris * ![IoTDB logo](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos/iotdb.png)IoTDB NOTIFICATIONS · Notification channels * ![Slack logo](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos/slack.png)Slack * ![PagerDuty logo](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos/pagerduty.png)PagerDuty * Email * ![Telegram logo](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos/telegram.png)Telegram * ![Discord logo](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos/discord.png)Discord * ![Jira logo](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos/jira.png)Jira * ![Mattermost logo](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos/mattermost.png)Mattermost * Phone / SMS * ![FlashDuty logo](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos/flashduty.png)FlashDuty * ![DingTalk logo](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos/dingtalk.png)DingTalk * ![Feishu logo](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos/feishu.png)Feishu * ![WeCom logo](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos/wecom.png)WeCom [See every integration →](https://n9e.github.io/integrations.md) DEPLOY ## Run it where you need it ### Self-hosted Apache-2.0, fully featured. One compose command brings it up; binaries and Helm are there too. `docker compose up -d`[Download and install](https://n9e.github.io/download.md) [ →](https://n9e.github.io/download.md) ### Edge data centers Deploy n9e-edge as a local alerting engine where the link to the center is unreliable. Alerts keep firing and keep being delivered through a network partition. `n9e-edge --configs etc/edge`[About the edge architecture](https://n9e.github.io/docs/operations/edge-partition.md) [ →](https://n9e.github.io/docs/operations/edge-partition.md) COMPARISONS ## Against what you run today Each tool has its ground. Keep Prometheus or VictoriaMetrics for storage — Nightingale argues only for owning the alerting layer. ### [vs Prometheus + Alertmanager](https://n9e.github.io/comparisons/prometheus-alertmanager.md) [Same data, but rules get a UI, permissions get a model, and channels come built in.](https://n9e.github.io/comparisons/prometheus-alertmanager.md) ### [vs Zabbix](https://n9e.github.io/comparisons/zabbix.md) [No second collection stack. It reads the time-series and log stores you already fill.](https://n9e.github.io/comparisons/zabbix.md) ### [vs Grafana Alerting](https://n9e.github.io/comparisons/grafana-alerting.md) [Grafana is the visualization standard. Nightingale spends everything on the alerting engine.](https://n9e.github.io/comparisons/grafana-alerting.md) [Read the full comparison](https://n9e.github.io/comparisons.md) [ →](https://n9e.github.io/comparisons.md) WHO USES NIGHTINGALE ## Thousands of companies run it in production Automotive, electronics, gaming, cloud, logistics, retail. ![Lenovo](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos-en/lenovo.svg) ![DJI](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos-en/dji.svg) ![SHEIN](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos-en/shein.svg) ![HoYoverse](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos-en/hoyoverse.svg) ![Lotus](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos-en/lotus.svg) ![Anker Innovations](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos-en/anker.svg) ![Hisense](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos-en/hisense.svg) ![TCL](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos-en/tcl.png) ![Hikvision](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos-en/hikvision.svg) ![Insta360](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos-en/insta360.svg) ![smart](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos-en/smart.svg) ![Yoshinoya](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos-en/yoshinoya.svg) ![NIO](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos-en/nio.svg) ![Chery](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos-en/chery.svg) ![Dahua](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos-en/dahua.svg) ![Transsion](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos-en/transsion.svg) ![Pony.ai](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos-en/ponyai.png) ![Tuya](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos-en/tuya.png) ![DHgate](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos-en/dhgate.svg) ![Leapmotor](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos-en/leapmotor.svg) ![Li Auto](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos-en/liauto.svg) ![HyperGryph](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos-en/hypergryph.svg) ![Lilith Games](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos-en/lilith.png) ![Sunborn](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos-en/sunborn.png) ![Bespin Global](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos-en/bespin.svg) ![ClassIn](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos-en/classin.svg) ![Momenta](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos-en/momenta.png) ![Inspur](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos-en/inspur.svg) ![VOYAH](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos-en/voyah.svg) ![ARCFOX](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos-en/arcfox.svg) ![Transfar](https://n9e.github.io/img/logos-en/transfar.png) ## Give alerting to a specialist Bring up Nightingale in five minutes, point it at your data, and watch the first alert land. 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