diff --git a/doc/tools.md b/doc/tools.md
index fac1f4b392..ef916553ad 100644
--- a/doc/tools.md
+++ b/doc/tools.md
@@ -78,3 +78,9 @@ The following will compress */var/log/friendica* (assuming this is the location
 		daily
 		rotate 2
 	}
+
+### Zabbix
+
+To monitor the health status of your Friendica installation, you can use for example a tool like Zabbix. Please define 'stats_key' in your local.config.php in the 'system' section to be able to access the statistics page at /stats?key=your-defined-stats_key
+
+The statistics contain data about the worker performance, the last cron call, number of reports, inbound and outbound packets, posts and comments.
diff --git a/src/Model/Item.php b/src/Model/Item.php
index 72bf396bf3..78430f1d16 100644
--- a/src/Model/Item.php
+++ b/src/Model/Item.php
@@ -4265,4 +4265,22 @@ class Item
 		Logger::warning('Post does not exist although it was supposed to had been fetched.', ['id' => $id, 'url' => $url, 'uid' => $uid]);
 		return 0;
 	}
+
+	public static function incrementInbound(string $network)
+	{
+		$packets = DI::keyValue()->get('stats_packets_inbound_' . $network) ?? 0;
+		if ($packets >= PHP_INT_MAX) {
+			$packets = 0;
+		}
+		DI::keyValue()->set('stats_packets_inbound_' . $network, $packets + 1);
+	}
+
+	public static function incrementOutbound(string $network)
+	{
+		$packets = DI::keyValue()->get('stats_packets_outbound_' . $network) ?? 0;
+		if ($packets >= PHP_INT_MAX) {
+			$packets = 0;
+		}
+		DI::keyValue()->set('stats_packets_outbound_' . $network, $packets + 1);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/Module/ActivityPub/Inbox.php b/src/Module/ActivityPub/Inbox.php
index 5b096c8045..b39081c443 100644
--- a/src/Module/ActivityPub/Inbox.php
+++ b/src/Module/ActivityPub/Inbox.php
@@ -22,9 +22,11 @@
 namespace Friendica\Module\ActivityPub;
 
 use Friendica\Core\Logger;
+use Friendica\Core\Protocol;
 use Friendica\Core\System;
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
 use Friendica\DI;
+use Friendica\Model\Item;
 use Friendica\Model\User;
 use Friendica\Module\BaseApi;
 use Friendica\Module\Special\HTTPException;
@@ -103,6 +105,7 @@ class Inbox extends BaseApi
 			$uid = 0;
 		}
 
+		Item::incrementInbound(Protocol::ACTIVITYPUB);
 		ActivityPub\Receiver::processInbox($postdata, $_SERVER, $uid);
 
 		throw new \Friendica\Network\HTTPException\AcceptedException();
diff --git a/src/Module/DFRN/Notify.php b/src/Module/DFRN/Notify.php
index 2e6b3f0f98..76701a036f 100644
--- a/src/Module/DFRN/Notify.php
+++ b/src/Module/DFRN/Notify.php
@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@
 namespace Friendica\Module\DFRN;
 
 use Friendica\BaseModule;
+use Friendica\Core\Protocol;
 use Friendica\Model\Contact;
 use Friendica\Model\Conversation;
+use Friendica\Model\Item;
 use Friendica\Model\User;
 use Friendica\Module\Response;
 use Friendica\Network\HTTPException;
@@ -45,6 +47,8 @@ class Notify extends BaseModule
 			throw new HTTPException\BadRequestException();
 		}
 
+		Item::incrementInbound(Protocol::DFRN);
+
 		$data = json_decode($postdata);
 		if (is_object($data) && !empty($this->parameters['nickname'])) {
 			$user = User::getByNickname($this->parameters['nickname']);
diff --git a/src/Module/Diaspora/Receive.php b/src/Module/Diaspora/Receive.php
index 57835a37b7..6678695ff5 100644
--- a/src/Module/Diaspora/Receive.php
+++ b/src/Module/Diaspora/Receive.php
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ use Friendica\App;
 use Friendica\BaseModule;
 use Friendica\Core\Config\Capability\IManageConfigValues;
 use Friendica\Core\L10n;
+use Friendica\Core\Protocol;
+use Friendica\Model\Item;
 use Friendica\Model\User;
 use Friendica\Module\Response;
 use Friendica\Network\HTTPException;
@@ -57,6 +59,8 @@ class Receive extends BaseModule
 			throw new HTTPException\ForbiddenException($this->t('Access denied.'));
 		}
 
+		Item::incrementInbound(Protocol::DIASPORA);
+
 		if ($this->parameters['type'] === 'public') {
 			$this->receivePublic();
 		} else if ($this->parameters['type'] === 'users') {
diff --git a/src/Module/OStatus/PubSub.php b/src/Module/OStatus/PubSub.php
index 34e4900578..bddf43cd3a 100644
--- a/src/Module/OStatus/PubSub.php
+++ b/src/Module/OStatus/PubSub.php
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ use Friendica\Core\System;
 use Friendica\Database\Database;
 use Friendica\Model\Contact;
 use Friendica\Model\GServer;
+use Friendica\Model\Item;
 use Friendica\Model\Post;
 use Friendica\Module\Response;
 use Friendica\Network\HTTPException;
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ class PubSub extends \Friendica\BaseModule
 
 		$this->logger->info('Import item from Contact.', ['nickname' => $nickname, 'contact-nickname' => $contact['nick'], 'contact-id' => $contact['id']]);
 		$feedhub = '';
+		Item::incrementOutbound(Protocol::OSTATUS);
 		OStatus::import($xml, $importer, $contact, $feedhub);
 
 		throw new HTTPException\OKException();
diff --git a/src/Module/OStatus/Salmon.php b/src/Module/OStatus/Salmon.php
index 2707fcc4c3..745dbba55b 100644
--- a/src/Module/OStatus/Salmon.php
+++ b/src/Module/OStatus/Salmon.php
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ use Friendica\Core\L10n;
 use Friendica\Core\Protocol;
 use Friendica\Database\Database;
 use Friendica\Model\GServer;
+use Friendica\Model\Item;
 use Friendica\Model\Post;
 use Friendica\Module\Response;
 use Friendica\Protocol\ActivityNamespace;
@@ -210,6 +211,7 @@ class Salmon extends \Friendica\BaseModule
 
 		$contact = $contact ?: [];
 
+		Item::incrementOutbound(Protocol::OSTATUS);
 		OStatus::import($data, $importer, $contact, $hub);
 
 		throw new HTTPException\OKException();
diff --git a/src/Module/Stats.php b/src/Module/Stats.php
index b5afb9a13a..d8bc317fc4 100644
--- a/src/Module/Stats.php
+++ b/src/Module/Stats.php
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ use Friendica\BaseModule;
 use Friendica\Core\Config\Capability\IManageConfigValues;
 use Friendica\Core\KeyValueStorage\Capability\IManageKeyValuePairs;
 use Friendica\Core\L10n;
+use Friendica\Core\Protocol;
 use Friendica\Core\Worker;
 use Friendica\Database\Database;
 use Friendica\Model\Register;
@@ -116,6 +117,20 @@ class Stats extends BaseModule
 					'comments' => intval($this->keyValue->get('nodeinfo_local_comments')),
 				],
 			],
+			'packets' => [
+				'inbound' => [
+					Protocol::ACTIVITYPUB => intval($this->keyValue->get('stats_packets_inbound_' . Protocol::ACTIVITYPUB) ?? 0),
+					Protocol::DFRN        => intval($this->keyValue->get('stats_packets_inbound_' . Protocol::DFRN) ?? 0),
+					Protocol::DIASPORA    => intval($this->keyValue->get('stats_packets_inbound_' . Protocol::DIASPORA) ?? 0),
+					Protocol::OSTATUS     => intval($this->keyValue->get('stats_packets_inbound_' . Protocol::OSTATUS) ?? 0),
+				],
+				'outbound' => [
+					Protocol::ACTIVITYPUB => intval($this->keyValue->get('stats_packets_outbound_' . Protocol::ACTIVITYPUB) ?? 0),
+					Protocol::DFRN        => intval($this->keyValue->get('stats_packets_outbound_' . Protocol::DFRN) ?? 0),
+					Protocol::DIASPORA    => intval($this->keyValue->get('stats_packets_outbound_' . Protocol::DIASPORA) ?? 0),
+					Protocol::OSTATUS     => intval($this->keyValue->get('stats_packets_outbound_' . Protocol::OSTATUS) ?? 0),
+				]
+			],
 			'reports' => [
 				'newest' => [
 					'datetime'  => $report_datetime,
diff --git a/src/Protocol/DFRN.php b/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
index 7e64ac9bd3..3b979bc21f 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
@@ -1011,6 +1011,7 @@ class DFRN
 		$content_type = ($public_batch ? 'application/magic-envelope+xml' : 'application/json');
 
 		$postResult = DI::httpClient()->post($dest_url, $envelope, ['Content-Type' => $content_type], 0, HttpClientRequest::DFRN);
+		Item::incrementOutbound(Protocol::DFRN);
 		$xml = $postResult->getBodyString();
 
 		$curl_stat = $postResult->getReturnCode();
diff --git a/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php b/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php
index 526ef11a90..27cc43ca07 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php
@@ -2971,6 +2971,7 @@ class Diaspora
 
 			$postResult = DI::httpClient()->post($dest_url . '/', $envelope, ['Content-Type' => $content_type], 0, HttpClientRequest::DIASPORA);
 			$return_code = $postResult->getReturnCode();
+			Item::incrementOutbound(Protocol::DIASPORA);
 		} else {
 			Logger::notice('test_mode');
 			return 200;
diff --git a/src/Protocol/Salmon.php b/src/Protocol/Salmon.php
index d4331570a3..bfb374970f 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/Salmon.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/Salmon.php
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
 namespace Friendica\Protocol;
 
 use Friendica\Core\Logger;
+use Friendica\Core\Protocol;
 use Friendica\DI;
+use Friendica\Model\Item;
 use Friendica\Network\HTTPClient\Client\HttpClientAccept;
 use Friendica\Network\HTTPClient\Client\HttpClientRequest;
 use Friendica\Network\Probe;
@@ -226,6 +228,7 @@ class Salmon
 			$return_code = $postResult->getReturnCode();
 		}
 
+		Item::incrementOutbound(Protocol::OSTATUS);
 		Logger::info('slapper for ' . $url . ' returned ' . $return_code);
 
 		if (!$return_code) {
diff --git a/src/Util/HTTPSignature.php b/src/Util/HTTPSignature.php
index 2cb224ef6f..85a3ed396b 100644
--- a/src/Util/HTTPSignature.php
+++ b/src/Util/HTTPSignature.php
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ use Friendica\DI;
 use Friendica\Model\APContact;
 use Friendica\Model\Contact;
 use Friendica\Model\GServer;
+use Friendica\Model\Item;
 use Friendica\Model\ItemURI;
 use Friendica\Model\User;
 use Friendica\Network\HTTPClient\Capability\ICanHandleHttpResponses;
@@ -309,6 +310,8 @@ class HTTPSignature
 
 		self::setInboxStatus($target, ($return_code >= 200) && ($return_code <= 299));
 
+		Item::incrementOutbound(Protocol::ACTIVITYPUB);
+
 		return $postResult;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/Worker/Notifier.php b/src/Worker/Notifier.php
index 2fa2984bf7..28456b6478 100644
--- a/src/Worker/Notifier.php
+++ b/src/Worker/Notifier.php
@@ -655,6 +655,7 @@ class Notifier
 
 				$delivery_queue_count++;
 				Salmon::slapper($owner, $url, $slap);
+				Item::incrementOutbound(Protocol::OSTATUS);
 				Post\DeliveryData::incrementQueueDone($target_item['uri-id'], Post\DeliveryData::OSTATUS);
 			}
 		}