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MCStatusBot alternative for servers you host yourself

MCStatusBot's shared bot was due to go offline on 1 September 2026. How MineOps compares for Minecraft servers on your own machine: live status in Discord, alerts when a server goes down or crashes, and no ports to open.

MCStatusBot showed whether a Minecraft server was online in over 70,000 Discord servers. Its makers stopped taking new invites and said the shared bot would go offline on 1 September 2026, leaving time to find an alternative or host your own copy of its open-source code.

If you used it to see in Discord whether your own server was up, MineOps does that job, and more, for Minecraft servers you run on your own Linux or Mac machine.

How the two differ

• Where it checks from. MCStatusBot reached your server over the internet, so servers on a private address were out of its reach. MineOps runs a small agent on the machine that runs your server. The agent connects out to MineOps, so a server on your home network needs no open ports for its status to show.
• Which servers it suits. MCStatusBot could watch any public server, including one you don't run. MineOps needs a machine where you can install the agent, so it isn't for a server rented from a game host's panel.
• What it sees. A check from outside sees whether the server answers. The MineOps agent also sees crashes and crash loops, memory and low disk space, player counts, and TPS and MSPT with the plugin on supported servers. A stop you made or a maintenance window shows as planned, not as an outage.

What you get in Discord

• A live status message that lists each server as online, offline, starting or under maintenance, with how many players are on. MineOps edits the same message, so the channel doesn't fill up. Set it up.
• Alerts when a server goes down, crashes, runs low on disk or fails a backup, and again when it recovers. Choose your alerts.
• A public status page for players who aren't in your Discord.

Set it up in three steps

1. Install the agent on your machine with one command.
2. Choose the Minecraft servers MineOps watches.
3. Paste a Discord webhook into Alerts → Where alerts go, and choose Live status if you want the status message.

What it costs

Two Minecraft servers on one machine are free. Paid plans add servers and machines, longer history, backups and automatic restarts after a crash. See the plans.

Questions

Does it work with a server from a hosting company?

Only if you can install software on the machine itself, such as a VPS or a dedicated server running Linux. A host's game panel doesn't allow that, and servers run by Pterodactyl, Pelican or AMP aren't supported yet.

Do I need to open a port?

No. The agent only connects outward, and it changes nothing until you allow it.

Can I watch a server I don't run?

No. For that, a public status bot that pings the server's address, or your own copy of MCStatusBot, is the better fit.