automation

keep: Automate Alerts

Name: keep: Automate Alerts
Author: keephq

Founders get automated AIOps with keep, a platform backed by 12k+ GitHub stars.

intermediate⏱ 1-2 hours💵 Free (self-hosted)

12,073 stars1,438 forksPythonQuality 8/10Updated 7/19/2026100% free · open source

What it is

You use it to manage and alert on monitoring data with automated rules.

What you can make with it

Automations like: detecting if a database is slow, and sending an email to the dev team with details on how to fix it.

How it helps

It helps developers streamline alerting and issue detection, so they can focus on fixing problems rather than sifting through false positives.

Real use case example

"A founder of a busy e-commerce platform could use keep to automatically detect when their database is slowing down, triggering an alert that goes straight to their dev team's Slack channel, allowing them to troubleshoot and resolve the issue quickly."

If you're new

This is a great skill to start with because it introduces basic automation concepts

If you're senior

A pro would choose this to integrate with their existing monitoring and alerting workflows, especially when self-hosted and integrated with open-source tools.

Common confusion cleared up

Keep is not just an alerting tool, but a full-featured AIOps platform.

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Pairs with

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Why we list it on WorkflowStacks: it's included because it's a widely used, open-source tool that offers significant cost savings compared to similar commercial products.

What it does

Keep is an open-source AIOps and alert management platform that automates monitoring and incident response for founders and DevOps teams.

Install / run

git clone https://github.com/keephq/keep.git && cd keep

When to use it

•When you need to automate alert handling and incident response for your application or service
•When you want to integrate with popular monitoring tools like PagerDuty, Splunk, or Prometheus
•When you need to streamline your DevOps workflow and reduce manual toil

Quick start

1Run `docker-compose up -d` to start the Keep services in detached mode
2Create a new user account by running `keepctl user create --username <username> --password <password>`
3Configure your monitoring integrations by editing the `config.yaml` file
4Define your alerting rules using the `keepctl rule` command, e.g. `keepctl rule create --name 'CPU Threshold' --query 'cpu_usage > 80'`
5Test your setup by triggering a sample alert with `keepctl alert trigger --rule 'CPU Threshold'`

Ready-to-paste prompt

keepctl rule create --name 'Disk Space Threshold' --query 'disk_usage > 90' --action 'pagerdutyincident'

Heads up: Make sure you have Docker and Docker Compose installed on your system before attempting to run Keep, as it relies on these tools to manage its services

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