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Uptime Kuma: the best Open Source alternative to UptimeRobot in 2026

Uptime Kuma monitors the availability of your sites and services with notifications to 90+ different channels, in a clean interface that's very easy to self-host.

License MIT ~57k stars (estimated)Website GitHub Repository

Technical profile

License: MIT
Category: Dev Tools
Replaces: UptimeRobot, Pingdom
Tech stack: Node.jsVue.jsSQLite

Preview

Public image provided by Uptime Kuma on its own website.

Key features

HTTP(s), TCP, DNS and more monitoring
Notifications to 90+ services
Public status pages

Uptime Kuma vs. UptimeRobot

Pros

One of the community's most-loved self-hosted projects

Things to consider

Doesn't natively include deep infrastructure monitoring (CPU/RAM)

Quick Docker installation guide

Copy this docker-compose.yml, adjust the example passwords and run docker compose up -d on your server. See the full step-by-step guide →

docker-compose.yml

version: "3.9"
services:
  uptime-kuma:
    image: louislam/uptime-kuma:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "3001:3001"
    volumes:
      - uptime_kuma_data:/app/data
volumes:
  uptime_kuma_data: