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Uptime Kuma

free From $0/mo · Founded 2021 · self-hosted

Self-hosted open-source uptime monitor with status pages — Docker one-liner deploy.

What it does well

  • Completely free and open-source with no paid tiers or feature gates.
  • Extremely simple to deploy, often with a single Docker command-line instruction.
  • Supports a wide range of notification integrations, over 90 out-of-the-box.

Where it falls short

  • Self-hosted only, with no official managed cloud version available.
  • Monitoring is limited to the perspective of the host server's network.
  • Reliability is dependent on the user's own infrastructure and setup.
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