Operational.co - Open-source Event tracker tool for tech products | WarmIndex

Operational.co is an open-source event tracker tool for tech products that monitors critical events like user signups, cronjobs, status updates, and webhooks, sending real-time push notifications to developers and indie makers.

🚀 Overview

Operational.co solves the challenge of keeping track of important operational events in your product in real-time, without needing to dig through logs or multiple dashboards. It delivers a live timeline of alerts for events such as user activations, waitlist joins, subscriptions, cronjob runs, and webhook data like Stripe events.

It's built for developers, tech founders, and teams managing SaaS products, online services, server orchestration, CMS like WordPress, or custom systems. It complements analytics tools like PostHog or Mixpanel by focusing specifically on operational notifications and actions.

Shash created it to handle ops for his own SaaS, Swipekit (a Facebook ad library tool), freeing up time from manual monitoring. Now open-sourced, it's used in production by Swipekit and other projects, with a vision to evolve into a full product control center.

✨ Key Features

Real-time push notifications to mobile (PWA) or web for critical events (keeps you instantly informed without checking dashboards)
Action buttons to trigger webhooks from the timeline (enables quick automated responses)
Event chaining with contexts (groups related events to understand workflows)
JSON logging support and playground for copy-paste integration (easy setup, no complex SDKs needed)
Expressive API for programmatic event tracking and resolution (flexible for any tech stack)
Optional: Upcoming SDK wrappers for popular languages and advanced features like log bundling

🛠 Tech Stack

Frontend: Vue 3, Vite, PWA (progressive web app)
Backend: Node.js (>=18), Express.js 5.x, Prisma
Database: MySQL 8.x (ClickHouse optional for advanced queries)
Other: Astro.js (marketing site), minimal dependencies, monorepo structure
Hosting: Self-hosted via Docker, Render.com, or custom setups

👥 Who Is This For?

This project is useful for:

Developers who want real-time monitoring of operational events in their apps
Teams looking for a self-hosted, open-source alternative to tools like Logsnag or ntfy.sh
Indie makers building SaaS or online products needing instant alerts for signups, payments, and cronjobs

📸 Screenshots / Demo

Live demo: https://operational.co (includes demo account with test events)
GitHub: https://github.com/operational-co/operational.co

🔥 Project Status

🟢 Actively building

Last updated: 2025-07-10

❓ FAQ

Is this project free?

Yes — Fully open-source and self-hostable under AGPL-3.0 license. No paid tiers.

Is the source code available?

Yes — https://github.com/operational-co/operational.co

Can I contribute?

Yes — Join the Discord community at https://discord.gg/QmfGeMGM, open issues/PRs on GitHub, or follow the contributing guide at https://operational.co/other/contributing.