Yes, nrpe might not be the best thing to use for remote monitoring, but sometimes it can be useful.

Nrpe source and some binary versions for Debian:

nrpe-2.15.tar.gz66383b7d367de25ba031d37762d83e2b55de010c573009c6f58270b137131072
nrpe.arm.gzdfb27bf4222361fc184e76e16fd86c0b6f6f56e0d4921887770c7817d502450b
nrpe.x86.gz7baea2bdcaa8fcc0a66be9a7c5ab14a82eceb0cd36f12149aca6b0ef28247b54

Last update: 20.02.16