The insight: most solo founders need basic "alert me when this changes" monitoring, but existing tools force you through signup flows, credit cards, dashboards you'll never use. So I made it dead simple:

    curl "https://watch.arkforge.fr/api/check?url=https://your-site.com&email=you@email.com"

I built this because I kept forgetting to monitor my own stuff. Now it's live and I'm trying to get my first 5 beta testers. The challenge is marketing - I'm a developer, not a growth hacker. Learning as I go!

What's been your biggest challenge with your current project?

So I built ArkWatch: a free uptime monitoring API with zero dependencies. No SDK, no npm package, no webhook setup. Just curl + your email.

One command to start monitoring:

  curl -X POST https://watch.arkforge.fr/monitors \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"url":"https://yoursite.com","email":"you@example.com"}'

It also has an AI layer (Mistral) that summarizes what actually changed on a page – useful for tracking competitor pricing or changelog updates. But the core use case is dead-simple uptime alerts.

Stack: Python/FastAPI, hosted on Hetzner EU. Free tier: 3 URLs, 5-min checks. Paid starts at €9/month for more URLs and faster intervals.

I'd love feedback from HN – especially on what you'd want from a zero-dependency monitoring tool. Try it, break it, tell me what's missing.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46943047

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