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Everything here is generated from the Markdown files in the repository, so it always matches the code.

Getting started

Install Sheltie with Docker, configure monitors and Telegram, and use the API.

Architecture

How Sheltie works today and the outage-resilient architecture it is moving towards.

Roadmap

Known issues, the resilience plan, the contributor backlog and the release timeline.

Design system

Sheltie's UX principles, invariants, Ink & Cream tokens and component rules.

Feature comparison

How Sheltie compares with Uptime Kuma, Beszel, Gatus, Netdata and healthchecks.io.

UX comparison

How Sheltie's user experience compares with other homelab monitoring tools, and what it still lacks.

Name and brand

Why Meerkat became Sheltie, the search plan, the visual identity and how to migrate.

Contributing

Set up a development environment and send your first pull request.

Rules for AI agents

What automated coding agents must and must not change in Sheltie.

Security

How to report vulnerabilities and harden your Sheltie install.

Sheltie

The watchdog for your homelab. Open-source homelab monitoring that tells you what happened while you were offline.

v0.2.0 · Apache-2.0 · No telemetry · Formerly Meerkat

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