A docker-powered PaaS for building and managing application lifecycles.

Uptime Kuma
louislam/uptime-kuma
An easy-to-use self-hosted monitoring tool.
- Active
- MIT
- JavaScript

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
Maintenance
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
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
| Project | Stars | Licence | Status | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uptime Kuma (this page) | 93.5k | MIT | Active | 11 Nov 2026 |
| Traefik | 65.5k | MIT | Active | 10 Nov 2026 |
| Ruff | 51.2k | MIT | Active | 11 Nov 2026 |
| Portainer | 38.8k | Zlib | Active | 11 Nov 2026 |
| husky | 35.4k | MIT | Quiet | 19 Mar 2026 |
| Dokku | 32.2k | MIT | Active | 10 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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Numbers from the GitHub API, checked 11 Nov 2026. Text summarised from the project's README. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.