Nagios Awards and Recognition

We're proud of the awards and recognition that Nagios has received over the years. Here are a few noteworthy items.

2010

LinuxCon Poll: Favorite IT Operations Tool

Nagios was the overwhelming winner in the "Favorite IT Operations Tools" category of a LinuxCon 2010 poll, taking more than 50% of the votes. See the announcement and the poll results.

2009

Infoworld: Best of Open Source Software

Infoworld named Nagios as one of the Best of Open Source Software ("BOSSIE") 2009 Award winners.  This is the second year in a row that Nagios has achieved such an honor.

LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Award 2009

Nagios won the LinuxQuestions.org 2009 "Monitoring Application of the Year" award. Three years in a row!

SourceForge Community Choice Awards 2009

Nagios is a finalist in the SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards 2009 for "Best Tool or Utility for SysAdmins".

Linux Journal Readers Choice 2009

Nagios won the Linux Journal Reader's Choice 2009 award for "Favorite Linux Monitoring Application" as seen here.

2008

Information Week: The Open Source Enterprise

Nagios makes the front cover of Information Week magazine's November 17, 2008 issue. Proof that Nagios holds its own in the enterprise.

LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Award 2008

Nagios won the LinuxQuestions.org 2008 "Monitoring Application of the Year" award. Two years in a row!

Infoworld: Best of Open Source Software

Nagios is honored as being one of Infoworld's Best of Open Source Software ("BOSSIE") 2008 Award winners. Nagios won the "Server Monitoring" category.

2007

eWeek: The Most Important Open-Source Apps of All Time

eWeek rated Nagios as one of "The Most Important Open-Source Apps of All Time".

LinuxWorld: Top 5 Open Source Security Tools in the Enterprise

Nagios was rated by LinuxWorld.com as one of the "Top 5 Open Source Security Tools in the Enterprise".

LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Award 2007

Nagios won the LinuxQuestions.org 2007 "Monitoring Application of the Year" award.

SourceForge Community Choice Awards 2007

Nagios was a Finalist in the "Best Tool or Utility for SysAdmins" category of the 2007 SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards.

2006

Nagios - The Next Starbucks?

Nagios is mentioned as one of the "Hot Companies in Open Source" to watch in Michael Moe's "Finding the Next Starbucks".

eWeek: Must Have Tools

Nagios was rated by eWeek Labs as one of several enterprise-class "Must Have Tools".

2005

SourceForge Project of the Month

Nagios was the "Project of the Month" on SourceForge.net in June, 2005.