Uptime Kuma
Self-hosted uptime monitor with pretty dashboards. No Pingdom or UptimeRobot Pro rent.
Quick facts
- Price model
- Self-hosted
- Starting price
- Free (self-hosted)
- Best for
- Homelab health checks · Side project alerts · Family NAS monitoring
- Replaces
- Pingdom, UptimeRobot Pro, Better Uptime subscriptions
- Platforms
- Self-hostedLinuxWeb
- Last verified
- 2026-06-22
Why it's listed
Beautiful status pages from a container, homelabbers love it for a reason.
Uptime Kuma pings websites, TCP ports, and Docker containers, then alerts via Telegram, email, or webhooks. Run in Docker on a Pi and know when your homelab or side project goes down, without per-monitor SaaS pricing.
The catch
Another service to host; alerts need tuning to avoid fatigue.
Good fit for
- Self-hosters
- Indie hackers
Not ideal for
- Teams needing enterprise SLA reporting
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