We built a new Open-Source Beaconchain Explorer supporting Live Monitoring, Aggregated Statistics, Ad-Free and Without Tracking Tools

Hi Ethereum Reddit community,

because at the moment there is only one widely used beaconchain explorer (beaconcha.in), we decided to create a new opensource alternative based on a completely different tech stack (Python, PostgreSQL). We also support new features, like live monitoring, aggregated statistics for all your validators combined and we are also ad-free and tracking tool free.

Dashboard showing aggregated statistics of all your validators

What was our goal in mind?

We saw that the only opensource beaconchain explorer (beaconcha.in) is using proprietary parts in their tech stack (Google BigTable, Highcharts), so we decided to create opensource alternative that only uses free and opensource dependencies (We use PostgreSQL and Charts.js). Also our goal was that the explorer should be easily forkable and written in a programming language that everybody is familiar with. So we decided to write the explorer in Python with the django framework. This makes it even possible to easily deploy the explorer locally, because there are no 3rd party dependencies.

Features

We've included several features that our competitors lack, but I'll only highlight the ones I personally find most useful.

• Real-time Validator Monitoring:
  One of the things I personally like is the real-time attestation and sync monitoring. It automatically updates the status, so I can see any changes as they happen. This is incredibly helpful because it allows to quickly identify and address any issues during client updates, new validators going online etc. and just generally helps keeping everything running smoothly.
• Block Proposal Schedule:
  I also often use the dashboard's ability to let me know if any validator is scheduled to propose a block in the near future. It allows to prepare accordingly, like avoiding client updates when it can only guarantee no incoming proposal for a short time.

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You can see that there is no imminent block proposal for your validators in the next 5:14 minutes

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As we are still in the early stages, it would be great if you could head to our Github, leave us a star and follow the further development. We want this to be a community driven project so we are very thankful to receive your recommendations and feedback (feature requests, improvements etc.).

Github: https://github.com/ethstakersclub/ethstakersclub
Fully functional first release: https://ethstakers.club/