uptime-kuma

A fancy self-hosted monitoring tool

⭐ 87,969 stars on GitHub · 🍴 7,986 forks · 📜 License: mit · 💻 Language: JavaScript

What is uptime-kuma?

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Topics: the project is tagged with popular topics:

🏷️ docker
🏷️ monitor
🏷️ monitoring
🏷️ responsive
🏷️ self-hosted
🏷️ selfhosted
🏷️ single-page-app
🏷️ socket-io
🏷️ uptime
🏷️ uptime-monitoring

📸 Screenshots

Uptime Kuma Sponsors

Uptime Kuma Light Mode Screenshot of how the Dashboard looks

Uptime Kuma Status Page Screenshot

Uptime Kuma Settings Page Screenshot

Uptime Kuma Telegram Notification Sample Screenshot

Quick install

The project supports Docker Compose:

git clone https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma.git
cd uptime-kuma
docker compose up -d

Check the README in the repo for required env variables.

Minimum system requirements

Component	Recommended
RAM	4096 MB
CPU	2 vCPU
Disk	50 GB SSD
OS	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / Debian 12
Docker	24.0+

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🎯 Benefits:

One-command docker compose up -d deploy in 2 minutes
Dedicated IPv4, root access, unmetered domestic bandwidth
Daily snapshot backup
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Resources

🔗 GitHub: louislam/uptime-kuma
🌐 Homepage: https://uptime.kuma.pet
📚 Official docs: see README in the repo
💬 Community: GitHub Issues + Discussions

Article compiled from GitHub data on 13/06/2026. Star/fork counts may have changed — see live numbers via the GitHub link.