Detect Website Changes Automatically, Monitor Web Page Changes in Real Time by dgtlmoon

Best and simplest tool for website change detection, web page monitoring, and website change alerts. Perfect for tracking content changes, price drops, restock alerts, and website defacement monitoring, all for free or enjoy our SaaS plan!

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Verdict 74/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 1/5 setup difficulty 10349k docker pulls 1 open CVE Last release 9 days ago

Self-host Detect Website Changes Automatically, Monitor Web Page Changes in Real Time on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
74 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
1 /5
One-click deploy
GitHub stars
31k
1.8k forks

About Detect Website Changes Automatically, Monitor Web Page Changes in Real Time

From the project's README at github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

Monitor websites for updates, get notified via Discord, Email, Slack, Telegram, Webhook and many more.

Ideal for monitoring price changes, content edits, conditional changes and more.

[![Release Version][release-shield]][release-link] [![Docker Pulls][docker-pulls]][docker-link] [![License][license-shield]](LICENSE.md)

Get started with website page change monitoring straight away. Don't have time? Try our $8.99/month subscription, use our proxies and support! , half the price of other website change monitoring services! Chrome browser included. Nothing to install, access via browser login after signup. Super fast, no registration needed setup. Get started watching and receiving website change notifications straight away. See our tutorials and how-to page for more inspiration AI-powered website change detection, smart alerts and plain-language summaries

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
91
maturity
100
community
87
security
70
sustainability
53
adoption
40

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 31k github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io
GitHub forks 1.8k github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io
Docker Hub pulls 10349k hub.docker.com / dgtlmoon
PYPI downloads (last month) 25k changedetection.io

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age5.3 yearssince Jan 2021
Last commit5 days agoMay 2, 2026
Releases shipped211last: 9 days ago

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

Security advisories

35 known advisories tracked via OSV.dev. 1 currently open without a documented fix. Most recent: GHSA-8757-69j2-hx56.

Ready to self-host Detect Website Changes Automatically, Monitor Web Page Changes in Real Time?

Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.

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