cState is a modern status page system created in 2018 by Mantas Vilčinskas as a static site generator for status pages. The project was designed to provide a simple, fast, and self-hostable alternative to commercial status page services. The name “cState” stands for “custom Status” or “community Status.”
Mantas Vilčinskas, a developer from Lithuania, created cState in 2018. His motivation came from:
- Commercial Services: Existing status pages were expensive
- Self-Hosted: Need for self-hostable solution
- Static Sites: Fast, secure static generation
- Simplicity: Easy to deploy and maintain
Initial Design Goals:
- Static site generation
- Self-hostable
- Fast performance
- Simple deployment
- Modern design
cState was first released in 2018 as an open-source project under the MIT license. The initial release featured:
- Static site generation
- Hugo-based
- Modern design
- Incident management
- Self-hosting support
The tool quickly gained popularity in the self-hosted community.
| Year |
Version |
Milestone |
| 2018 |
1.0 |
First public release |
| 2018 |
2.0 |
Enhanced features, better UI |
| 2019 |
3.0 |
Major release, modern features |
| 2020 |
4.0 |
Enhanced incident management |
| 2021 |
5.0 |
Major release, improved performance |
| 2022 |
5.5 |
Bug fixes, stability |
| 2023 |
6.0 |
Enhanced features |
| 2024 |
6.5 |
Security updates |
| 2025 |
7.0 |
Modern improvements |
| 2026 |
7.5.x |
Current stable release |
cState architecture:
- Hugo SSG: Static site generator
- Markdown Content: Easy content management
- Modern UI: Clean, responsive design
- Static Hosting: Any static host
- No Database: File-based storage
Continuous improvements:
- Enhanced UI: Better user experience
- API Support: Programmatic access
- Webhooks: Integration capabilities
- Themes: Customizable appearance
- Performance: Optimized generation
cState is developed as an open-source project:
- Primary Developer: Mantas Vilčinskas
- Community Contributions: Community bug reports and PRs
- GitHub-Based: Issue tracking and development
- MIT License: Permissive open-source license
- Open Development: Public GitHub repository
- Regular Releases: Periodic updates
- Community Input: Feature requests via GitHub
- Static Focus: Maintain static site approach
cState gained significant traction in the self-hosted community:
- GitHub Stars: 2,000+
- Self-Hosted Apps: Featured on self-hosted directories
- Static Hosting: Deploy anywhere static sites work
- Home Labs: Popular in home lab communities
- Open Source Projects: Project status pages
Common cState deployments:
- Project Status: Open-source project status
- Service Status: Self-hosted service monitoring
- API Status: API availability pages
- Company Status: Business service status
- GitHub Stars: 2,000+
- Contributors: Community contributions
- Downloads: Thousands of deployments
- Community: Active self-hosted community
- Development: Active development
- Regular feature releases
- Bug fixes
- Security patches
- Community contributions
- Enhanced Features: More status page capabilities
- Integrations: Third-party tool integration
- UI/UX: Continued interface improvements
- Performance: Optimized generation
- Themes: More theme options
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