Oh Dear
By Oh Dear
Oh Dear is an all-in-one website health monitoring tool designed to track the comprehensive well-being of a website or application. It provides multi-location uptime and performance checks, alerting users immediately to downtime or sudden performance slowdowns. Beyond availability, the service continuously monitors for critical issues such as SSL certificate expiration, broken links, mixed content, and DNS record changes. It also offers monitoring for scheduled tasks like cron jobs, provides application health insights, and includes Lighthouse SEO monitoring, all within a platform that can generate beautiful public status pages for clear communication during incidents.
Oh Dear is a bootstrapped company, meaning it has not taken external venture capital funding. This allows the founders to maintain full control over the product and its direction. The company is described as profitable and growing steadily.
Oh Dear provides a rich set of features for website monitoring:
The platform has expanded its feature set significantly over time, including integrations with Laravel, Terraform, and other developer tools. It also added support for passkey authentication and performance charting in recent updates
Recent updates include:
Laravel 12 and PHP 8.4 support
These updates are released frequently, often multiple times per month.
Oh Dear emphasizes simplicity, transparency, and developer-first design. The founders are deeply embedded in the open-source and Laravel communities, and the company culture reflects a commitment to clean code, user empowerment, and minimal friction. Their marketing strategy is honest and experimental, with a focus on learning and adapting.
Oh Dear is trusted by developers, marketers, and tech teams worldwide. Its user base includes:
The community is active, with users contributing feedback, testimonials, and integration ideas. The platform is especially popular among users who value transparency, automation, and full-feature access without enterprise lock-in
