Owl Watch

Owl Watch is an uptime monitoring system designed to help developers track the availability and performance of their websites, APIs, and services in real time.

The system continuously checks configured endpoints at defined intervals, records response metrics, and detects downtime or performance degradation. It is built with a focus on reliability, simplicity, and extensibility.

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🚧 Status

This project is currently under active development.

Core functionality is being implemented and refined. Expect breaking changes, incomplete features, and evolving architecture.

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⚡ Core Idea

Modern applications depend on constant availability. Owl Watch aims to provide:

• Continuous uptime monitoring
• Fast failure detection
• Response time tracking
• Historical check data
• Alerting capabilities (planned)
• Public status pages (planned)

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🧱 Architecture (Work in Progress)

The system is being built using a modular architecture:

• Backend: Django + PostgreSQL
• Worker System: Background jobs for periodic checks
• Frontend: Next.js (dashboard + status pages)
• Queue/Cache: Redis

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🔍 How It Works (Concept)

1. Users configure a URL or endpoint to monitor
2. A background worker periodically sends requests
3. Results are recorded (status, latency, failures)
4. Downtime and anomalies are detected
5. Data is surfaced through a dashboard and status pages

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📦 Project Structure

owl-watch/
├── apps/
│   ├── api/        # Backend (Django)
│   ├── web/        # Frontend (Next.js)
│   └── worker/     # Background processing
├── infra/          # Docker and infrastructure configs
├── scripts/        # Setup and utility scripts
└── docker-compose.yml

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🚀 Getting Started (Early Setup)

Setup instructions may change as the project evolves.

git clone <repo-url>
cd owl-watch
docker-compose up --build

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🛠️ Current Focus

• Core monitoring engine
• Data models for checks and monitors
• Worker execution system
• Basic frontend scaffold

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📌 Roadmap (Subject to Change)

• Scheduled checks (interval-based execution)
• Alerting system (email/webhooks)
• Public status pages
• Authentication and user management
• Performance optimizations

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🤝 Contributing

This project is in an early stage. Contributions, feedback, and ideas are welcome once the core stabilizes.

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📄 License

To be decided.

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💡 Vision

Build a reliable, developer-focused monitoring system that is easy to run, easy to extend, and capable of scaling with modern applications.