RespondNow

6.8easy start · #17of 28
in Incident Management Software

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Runs on self-hosted, Web.

RespondNow is ranked #17 of 28 in incident management software on The Geeks Club. It runs on Self-hosted, Web. There is a free plan.

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Free Free Free and open source respondnow.io · 4 Oct 2026

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Purpose: RespondNow is an open-source incident management framework for handling incidents from start to finish.
Slack workflow: The dedicated Slack app lets teams create, list, and update incidents, set up triage channels, and attach artifacts such as bug reports, tickets, or RCA documents.
Dashboard: An incident dashboard provides a visual interface for monitoring and managing ongoing incidents.
Deployment: RespondNow is deployed on Kubernetes and its setup guide uses Helm.
Integrations: The project documentation describes integration with Slack; the Helm repository README also says it integrates with MongoDB.
Incident creation: Users can start an incident with /start in a designated Slack channel or a channel where the bot is integrated, or from the Slack app home page.
Triage channels: When an incident is created, RespondNow creates a Slack channel named with the rn-{timestamp}-{incident-name} convention and adds the incident creator.
Prerequisites: The documented deployment prerequisites are Kubernetes 1.22+, Helm 3, and a persistent volume sized at least 5 GB.
Slack setup: The documentation requires permission to install locally developed Slack apps and integrate apps into workspace channels.
Security: The setup guide instructs administrators to generate and provide Slack app-level and bot OAuth tokens during setup.
License: The repository states that RespondNow is licensed under Apache License 2.0.
Audience: The project describes its intended community as developers and SREs contributing reusable runbooks.
Maker: The product site credits Harness Inc. in its copyright notice.
Price from: Free

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respondnow.github.io/respondnow/· checked 4 Oct 2026
respondnow.github.io/respondnow/getting-started/prerequisite· checked 4 Oct 2026
github.com/respondnow/respondnow-helm/blob/main/RE· checked 4 Oct 2026
respondnow.github.io/respondnow/user-guide/slack-based-incid· checked 4 Oct 2026
respondnow.github.io/respondnow/getting-started/create-slack· checked 4 Oct 2026
github.com/respondnow/respondnow· checked 4 Oct 2026
respondnow.io· checked 4 Oct 2026