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Uptime Kuma

Uptime Kuma — a fancy self-hosted monitoring tool: uptime checks for sites and services every 20 seconds, with a beautiful status page and 90+ alert channels

★ 92.6k stars⑂ 8.6k forksMITupdated 2026-10
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// project facts

Project facts

Uptime Kuma is an open-source self-hosted project by louislam (louislam/uptime-kuma on GitHub). It has 92,566 GitHub stars and 8,565 forks, is released under the MIT license, and was last updated on GitHub on 17 October 2026.

GitHub stars
92,566
Forks
8,565
License
MIT
Last updated on GitHub
17 October 2026
Category
Self-Hosted
Listing
Full install guide
Official site
Official site
// how it works

How it works

  1. Run it with Docker

    The README one-liner starts Uptime Kuma on port 3001 with its data in a named volume.

  2. Create your account and first monitor

    Open http://localhost:3001, set up the admin account, then add a monitor — a URL, port, keyword check or one of the other supported types.

  3. Add alerts and a status page

    Attach notification channels so outages reach you, and publish a status page if others depend on your services.

// features

Why people love it

Many monitor types

HTTP(s), TCP, ping, DNS, Docker containers, databases, game servers and more, at intervals down to 20 seconds.

90+ notification channels

Telegram, Discord, Slack, Signal, email, webhooks and dozens more — alerts go where you already are.

Public status pages

Share uptime, incidents and maintenance windows on a clean page you control.

Lightweight and private

Runs on a Raspberry Pi or the smallest VPS; your monitoring data never leaves your server.

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// run it

Run it yourself

  1. Docker run

    The README quick start (v2 image).

    docker run -d --restart=always -p 3001:3001 -v uptime-kuma:/app/data --name uptime-kuma louislam/uptime-kuma:2
  2. Docker Compose

    The README compose route, using the official compose file.

    mkdir uptime-kuma && cd uptime-kuma
    curl -o compose.yaml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/master/compose.yaml
    docker compose up -d
  3. Open the dashboard

    First visit creates the admin account.

    http://localhost:3001
// use cases

What you can build

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// faq

Questions, answered

Who makes Uptime Kuma?

Louis Lam and the open-source community around louislam/uptime-kuma on GitHub.

Is Uptime Kuma free?

Yes — MIT licensed and fully self-hosted; your only cost is the machine it runs on.

What can it monitor?

Websites and APIs (HTTP/HTTPS, including keyword and JSON checks), TCP ports, ping, DNS, Docker containers, several databases, Steam game servers and more.

How does it compare to a well-known alternative?

Against Uptime Robot, Uptime Kuma gives you the same core job — checks, alerts, status pages — self-hosted and free, with shorter check intervals than the free SaaS tiers, at the cost of running it yourself.

How do I get started?

docker run -d -p 3001:3001 -v uptime-kuma:/app/data louislam/uptime-kuma:2, then open http://localhost:3001.

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