# Uptime Kuma

> Uptime Kuma is a free, open-source app you can self-host in the monitoring & status pages category. Easy-to-use self-hosted uptime monitor with status pages and 90+ notification channels. It has 92,149 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and ships a Docker image. It is a self-hosted alternative to Datadog, Uptime Robot, Statuspage and Pingdom.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma |
| Website | https://uptime.kuma.pet/ |
| GitHub stars | 92,149 |
| Forks | 8,522 |
| Open issues | 733 |
| License | MIT |
| License type | Open source |
| Language | JavaScript |
| Docker image | Yes |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Categories | Monitoring & Status Pages |
| Commits, last 12 months | 1,359 |
| Last commit | Oct 6, 2026 |
| Latest release | 2.5.5 (Sep 16, 2026) |
| Created | Jul 3, 2021 |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained |
| Archived | No |

Topics: uptime, monitoring, docker, selfhosted, self-hosted, single-page-app, webapp, responsive, websocket, socket-io

## Install

Step-by-step deploy guide: [How to self-host Uptime Kuma with Docker Compose](https://appsgit.com/guides/uptime-kuma) (beginner, about 10 minutes).

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## Uptime Kuma replaces

- [Datadog alternatives](https://appsgit.com/alternatives/datadog): A cloud monitoring platform for metrics, logs and traces.
- [Uptime Robot alternatives](https://appsgit.com/alternatives/uptimerobot): A hosted service that pings your sites and alerts when they go down.
- [Statuspage alternatives](https://appsgit.com/alternatives/statuspage): Atlassian's hosted public status page for incidents and uptime.
- [Pingdom alternatives](https://appsgit.com/alternatives/pingdom): A website uptime and performance monitoring service.

## Comparisons

- [Uptime Kuma vs Gatus](https://appsgit.com/compare/uptime-kuma-vs-gatus): Pick Uptime Kuma for a polished web UI where you add monitors and status pages by clicking; pick Gatus for config-as-code health checks defined in YAML and stored in Git.

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