MATA is a lightweight monitoring dashboard for PHP-heavy environments where full observability stacks are impractical.

Stack

Screenshot

MATA dashboard screenshot

Why I built it

I wanted monitoring that still works on shared hosting, constrained VPSes, and legacy PHP environments where you cannot install agents or extra services. Existing stacks were usually heavier than the problem called for.

Tradeoffs

It is intentionally not a full observability platform. The design stays small and deployable through read-only PHP nodes and pull-based collection, which fits small server fleets well but is not meant for large-scale or Kubernetes-style monitoring.

Notes

The useful part is combining uptime checks, PHP logs, server metrics, Composer inventory, and alerts in one place. OPA handles alarm decisions cleanly, Taskfile became part of the day-to-day workflow for setup, deploys, and user management, and optional Docker support keeps deployment flexible.

Status

Released. Demo available at demo.mata.sh.