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Uptime Kuma

louislam/uptime-kuma

An easy-to-use self-hosted monitoring tool.

  • Active
  • MIT
  • JavaScript
Uptime Kuma card: A self-hosted monitoring tool for your services.
93.5kGitHub stars
8.7kForks
398Contributors
v2.5.9latest release

In short

Uptime Kuma is a GitHub project in the DevOps category, written mainly in JavaScript. It is released under the MIT licence (permissive). Maintenance status: active, last commit 11 Nov 2026. It has 93,501 GitHub stars.

What it does

Standout capabilityMonitoring uptime for HTTP(s), TCP, Ping, DNS Record, Push and Docker Containers
Best forDevelopers and teams who need to monitor their services

Maintenance

0 dsince last commit
11 dsince last release
849open issues
5 yrproject age
commitrelease
12 months agotoday

Active Commits in the last 30 days. Last commit: 11 Nov 2026 · Latest release: v2.5.9 · 31 Oct 2026. How we score this

Licence in plain words

Permissive · MIT

Use, copy, modify and sell it, including in closed-source products. Keep the copyright and licence notice.

A summary, not legal advice. Read the project's LICENSE file before relying on it. SPDX ↗

Uptime Kuma compared with alternatives

ProjectStarsLicenceStatusLast commit
Uptime Kuma (this page)93.5kMITActive11 Nov 2026
Traefik65.5kMITActive10 Nov 2026
Ruff51.2kMITActive11 Nov 2026
Portainer38.8kZlibActive11 Nov 2026
husky35.4kMITQuiet19 Mar 2026
Dokku32.2kMITActive10 Nov 2026

Same category, sorted by GitHub stars. Numbers checked 11 Nov 2026.

Questions

Is Uptime Kuma free and open source?

Yes. Uptime Kuma is published on GitHub under the MIT licence (permissive). Use, copy, modify and sell it, including in closed-source products. Keep the copyright and licence notice.

Is Uptime Kuma still maintained?

Active: the last commit was on 11 Nov 2026 and the latest release, v2.5.9, came out on 31 Oct 2026. Repoworthy rechecks this daily.

What is Uptime Kuma written in?

Uptime Kuma is mainly written in JavaScript.

How popular is Uptime Kuma?

As of 11 Nov 2026, Uptime Kuma has 93,501 GitHub stars, 8,693 forks and 398 contributors.

What are some alternatives to Uptime Kuma?

Other DevOps projects on Repoworthy include Dokku, Traefik, Portainer, Ruff and husky.

Alternatives in DevOps

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Traefik

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Portainer

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Ruff

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husky

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Numbers from the GitHub API, checked 11 Nov 2026. Text summarised from the project's README. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.