Domain Monitor

Best Self Hosted Alternatives to Domain Monitor

A curated collection of the 1 best self hosted alternatives to Domain Monitor.

DomainTools Monitor tracks domain, WHOIS and DNS changes and sends alerts. It helps security and brand teams detect domain registrations, ownership or configuration changes to identify fraud, phishing or other cyber threats.

Alternatives List

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Domain Locker

Domain Locker

A self-hosted dashboard to track domain, DNS, and SSL certificate expiry with status checks and notifications.

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Domain Locker is a self-hosted web app for tracking your domains and certificates in one place. It helps you avoid outages by monitoring expiry dates and basic domain/website status signals, and by surfacing upcoming renewals in a simple dashboard.

Key Features

  • Dashboard for tracking domain expiration dates and time-to-expiry
  • SSL/TLS certificate expiry monitoring for domains
  • DNS and WHOIS-based domain metadata lookups (registrar/expiry where available)
  • Status checks for associated websites (basic reachability/health signals)
  • Configurable alerts/notifications for upcoming expirations
  • Designed for managing multiple domains/services from a single UI

Use Cases

  • Keep personal or homelab domains from expiring unexpectedly
  • Track renewal windows for small businesses with multiple domains
  • Monitor SSL certificate expirations to prevent HTTPS outages

Limitations and Considerations

  • WHOIS/registrar data quality and availability varies by TLD/registrar and may be rate-limited
  • Some checks depend on external DNS/WHOIS/HTTP reachability and can fail in restricted networks

Domain Locker is useful for anyone who owns multiple domains and wants a lightweight, centralized way to see what is expiring soon. It provides a practical safety net for domain renewals and certificate maintenance with a straightforward, self-managed setup.

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Why choose an open source alternative?

  • Data ownership: Keep your data on your own servers
  • No vendor lock-in: Freedom to switch or modify at any time
  • Cost savings: Reduce or eliminate subscription fees
  • Transparency: Audit the code and know exactly what's running