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Categorize monitoring tools
The current list of opensource and hosted monitoring tools has a great selection, but it can be a bit confusing knowing the focus area of each tool. I've categorized the existing tools (did not change the actual tools listed) to make it a bit easier to understand the speciality area of each tool.
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## Open source monitoring projects
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* [Sentry](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry) started life as a
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* Error Tracking
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* [Sentry](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry) started life as a
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Python-only monitoring project but can now be used for any programming
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language.
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* [statsd](https://github.com/etsy/statsd/) is a node.js network daemon that
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* Metrics
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* [statsd](https://github.com/etsy/statsd/) is a node.js network daemon that
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listens for metrics and aggregates them for transfer into another service
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such as Graphite.
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* [Graphite](https://graphite.readthedocs.org/en/latest/overview.html) stores
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* [Graphite](https://graphite.readthedocs.org/en/latest/overview.html) stores
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time-series data and displays them in graphs through a Django web application.
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* [Bucky](http://github.hubspot.com/bucky/) measures the performance of a
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web application from end user's browsers and sends that data back to the
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server for collection.
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* [Sensu](http://sensuapp.org/) is an open source monitoring framework
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written in Ruby but applicable to any programming language web application.
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* [Graph Explorer](http://vimeo.github.io/graph-explorer/) by Vimeo is a
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* [Sensu](http://sensuapp.org/) is an open source monitoring framework
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written in Ruby but applicable to any programming language web application.
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* [Graph Explorer](http://vimeo.github.io/graph-explorer/) by Vimeo is a
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Graphite-based dashboard with added features and a slick design.
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* [Munin](http://munin-monitoring.org/) is a client plugin-based monitoring
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* [Munin](http://munin-monitoring.org/) is a client plugin-based monitoring
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system that sends monitoring traffic to the Munin node where the data can
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be analyzed and visualized. Note this project is written in Perl so Perl 5
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must be installed on the node collecting the data.
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* Real User Monitoring (RUM)
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* [Bucky](http://github.hubspot.com/bucky/) measures the performance of a
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web application from end user's browsers and sends that data back to the
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server for collection.
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## Hosted monitoring services
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Hosted monitoring software takes away the burden of deploying and operating
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the software yourself. However, hosted monitoring costs (often a significant
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amount of) money and take your application's data out of your hands so
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these services are not the right fit for every project.
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* [Rollbar](https://rollbar.com/) instruments both the server side and
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* Error Tracking
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* [Rollbar](https://rollbar.com/) instruments both the server side and
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client side to capture and report exceptions. The
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[pyrollbar](https://rollbar.com/docs/notifier/pyrollbar/) code library
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provides quick integration for Python web applications. There are also
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specific instructions for common [web frameworks](/web-frameworks.html)
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such as [Django](/django.html) and [Pyramid](/pyramid.html).
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* [Sentry](https://sentry.io/welcome/) is the hosted version of the open
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* [Sentry](https://sentry.io/welcome/) is the hosted version of the open
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source tool that is used to monetize and support further development.
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* [New Relic](http://newrelic.com/) provides application and database
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* Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
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* [New Relic](http://newrelic.com/) provides application and database
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monitoring as well as plug ins for capturing and analyzing data about
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other devleoper tools in your stack, such as [Twilio](/twilio.html).
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* [Status.io](http://status.io/) focuses on uptime and response metrics
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* [Opbeat](https://opbeat.com) Built for django. Opbeat combines performance
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metrics, release tracking, and error logging into a single simple service.
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* Status Pages
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* [Status.io](http://status.io/) focuses on uptime and response metrics
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transparency for web applications.
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* [StatusPage.io](https://www.statuspage.io/) (yes, there's both a Status and
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* [StatusPage.io](https://www.statuspage.io/) (yes, there's both a Status and
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StatusPage.io) provides easy set up status pages for monitoring application
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up time.
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* [PagerDuty](http://www.pagerduty.com/) alerts a designated person or group
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* Incident Management
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* [PagerDuty](http://www.pagerduty.com/) alerts a designated person or group
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if there are stability, performance, or uptime issues with an application.
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* [Opbeat](https://opbeat.com) Built for django. Opbeat combines performance
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metrics, release tracking, and error logging into a single simple service.
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## Monitoring resources
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* [How to Add Hosted Monitoring to Flask Web Applications](/blog/hosted-monitoring-flask-web-apps.html)
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