Dead Man's Switch

Your Cloud-Based Fail-Safe Switch

A secure, self-hosted dead man's switch designed for Oracle Cloud "Always Free" VM. Define emails to send to loved ones or colleagues if you don't check in periodically. Zero cost, complete control.

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100% Free Forever

Runs perfectly on OCI's Always Free VM micro instances. Uses zero-cost SMTP email delivery setup.

Unguessable Webhooks

Each switch gets a cryptographically secure random token URL. Ping it easily using curl, wget, or cron.

Cascading Escalations

Optionally alert your spouse or secondary contact to check in on you. The switch only triggers if escalation verification fails.

Webhook Integration

https://example.com/api/ping/token

Integration Examples

curl -X GET "https://example.com/api/ping/token"

Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://example.com/api/ping/token" -Method Get

0 0 * * * curl -s "https://example.com/api/ping/token" > /dev/null

This cron runs daily at midnight to automatically ping your switch.

Your Cloud-Based Fail-Safe Switch

100% Free Forever

Unguessable Webhooks

Cascading Escalations

My Fail-Safe Switches

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System Status & Activity Metrics

Your Cloud-Based Fail-Safe Switch

100% Free Forever

Unguessable Webhooks

Cascading Escalations

My Fail-Safe Switches

No switches found

System Status & Activity Metrics

Log In

Create Switch

Escalation Verification (Optional)

Level 2: Secondary Contact (e.g. Spouse)

Level 3: Tertiary Contact (e.g. Executor)

Webhook Integration

Integration Examples

SMTP / Email Settings

Current SMTP Status

Send Test Email