What is Uptime Kuma — Self-Hosted Uptime Monitoring?

Monitor HTTP, TCP, DNS, Docker services with notifications to 90+ channels. Beautiful dashboard. 84K+ GitHub stars.

Is Uptime Kuma — Self-Hosted Uptime Monitoring free to use?

Yes. Uptime Kuma — Self-Hosted Uptime Monitoring is freely available on TokRepo. Check the Source & Thanks section on the asset page for the specific open-source license.

How do I install Uptime Kuma — Self-Hosted Uptime Monitoring?

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Uptime Kuma — Self-Hosted Uptime Monitoring

Uptime Kuma is a self-hosted monitoring tool with 84,700+ GitHub stars — the most popular open-source alternative to UptimeRobot, Pingdom, and StatusCake. Monitor HTTP endpoints, TCP ports, DNS records, Docker containers, and more with a beautiful real-time dashboard. When something goes down, Uptime Kuma sends alerts to 90+ notification channels (Slack, Discord, Telegram, email, webhooks, PagerDuty). For AI teams, it monitors API endpoints, model serving health, database connections, and pipeline status. One Docker command, zero ongoing costs.

Works with: Docker, any HTTP/TCP/DNS endpoint, Slack, Discord, Telegram, email, webhooks, PagerDuty, 90+ channels. Best for teams monitoring AI APIs and infrastructure health. Setup time: under 1 minute.

Uptime Kuma Features

Monitor Types

Type	What It Checks
HTTP(S)	Response code, keywords, SSL expiry, response time
TCP	Port connectivity
DNS	Record resolution
Docker	Container status
Ping	ICMP reachability
gRPC	gRPC health check
Game Server	Minecraft, Steam, etc.
Push	Heartbeat-based (your app pushes to Kuma)

90+ Notification Channels

Slack, Discord, Telegram, Email (SMTP), Webhook, PagerDuty, Microsoft Teams, Pushover, Gotify, Ntfy, Matrix, Apprise, Line, Signal, and 80+ more.

Status Pages

Public status pages for your services:

Custom domain support
Grouped monitors
Incident history
Maintenance windows

Dashboard

Real-time response time graphs
Uptime percentage (24h, 7d, 30d, 1y)
Certificate expiry tracking
Multi-language UI (30+ languages)
Dark mode

AI Infrastructure Monitoring

What to Monitor	Config
LLM API	HTTP monitor on your API endpoint
Model server	TCP check on vLLM/TGI port
Vector DB	HTTP health check on Qdrant/Milvus
Database	TCP check on PostgreSQL port
Pipeline	Push monitor from your job scheduler

FAQ

Q: What is Uptime Kuma? A: Uptime Kuma is a self-hosted monitoring tool with 84,700+ GitHub stars. Monitor HTTP, TCP, DNS, Docker with alerts to 90+ channels and beautiful dashboards.

Q: How does it compare to UptimeRobot? A: UptimeRobot's free tier has limits (50 monitors, 5-min intervals). Uptime Kuma is unlimited — as many monitors as you want, 20-second intervals, no cost. Self-hosted means full data ownership.

Q: Is Uptime Kuma free? A: Yes, open-source under MIT license. Self-host for free forever.