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Uptime Kuma

Monitoring

A beautiful self-hosted monitoring tool and status page — an UptimeRobot/Pingdom alternative.

JavaScript / VueLicense: MITLevel: beginner60,000
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#monitoring#uptime#status-page#devops#pingdom-alternative#self-hosted

About this project

Uptime Kuma is a beautiful, self-hosted monitoring tool and status page — the most popular open-source alternative to UptimeRobot, Pingdom, and Atlassian Statuspage. It watches your websites, APIs, TCP ports, DNS records, Docker containers, and databases, then alerts you via 90+ notification channels and publishes polished status pages under your own domain.

Market opportunity

Uptime monitoring is non-negotiable for any online business, and the incumbents know it — Pingdom starts at $10–$400/month, UptimeRobot Pro at $7–$56/month, and Atlassian Statuspage at $29–$499/month (paid separately from monitoring). A company needing both monitoring and a status page easily spends $500–$1,000+/year on tools they could replace with a single $5/month VPS running Uptime Kuma. With 60,000+ GitHub stars — making it one of the most-starred monitoring tools in existence — the demand is validated at scale.

Technical overview

  • Stack: Node.js backend, Vue.js frontend, SQLite/MariaDB, runs in a single Docker container.
  • Monitor types: HTTP/HTTPS (keyword, JSON query), TCP, ping, DNS, Docker container health, database (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis), and custom push-based monitors.
  • Alerting: 90+ notification channels including Slack, Telegram, Discord, PagerDuty, email, SMS, webhooks, and more.
  • Status pages: public/private status pages with custom domains, custom logos, and per-incident updates.
  • Multi-user: role-based access, API keys, and read-only viewers for status pages.

Who's it for

Freelancers and agencies monitoring client websites, indie hackers watching their deployed apps, DevOps teams wanting a lightweight alternative to expensive monitoring SaaS, and any business that needs a branded public status page.

How to use it

Get started

Docker (one command):

docker run -d --restart=always -p 3001:3001 \
  -v uptime-kuma:/app/data \
  --name uptime-kuma \
  louislam/uptime-kuma:1

Open http://localhost:3001, create your admin account, then add your first monitor:

  1. Click Add New Monitor → choose "HTTP(s)"
  2. Enter your URL and set a check interval (e.g., every 60 seconds)
  3. Add a notification channel (Slack, email, Telegram — whatever your team uses)
  4. Click Save

For a status page:

  • Go to Status Pages → New Status Page
  • Add a custom domain, your logo, and select which monitors to display
  • Share the URL with your customers

For production: use the official Docker Compose file behind Nginx + SSL (Let's Encrypt). Total cost: $5–$10/month for a VPS watching unlimited sites.

💡 How to make a business with it

How to make money with it

1. Monitoring-as-a-service for agencies and MSPs. If you manage websites for clients, you're already responsible when things go down. Formalize that into a billable "monitoring" add-on — you run one Uptime Kuma instance, watch every client site, and send branded alerts and monthly uptime reports.

  • Target: Web agencies, MSPs, and freelancers with 5+ client sites
  • Pricing: $10–$25/site/month as an add-on to existing retainers
  • Example: monitor 80 client sites at $15/site/month = $14,400/year from one $10/month server
  • Difficulty: Simple — setup is 30 minutes; the value is in taking monitoring off the client's plate

2. Branded status page hosting for SaaS companies. SaaS companies need a status page (users expect one), but Atlassian Statuspage starts at $29/month and scales to $499/month. You host Uptime Kuma and provide custom-domain status pages with your own managed monitoring.

  • Target: Early-stage SaaS companies that don't want to pay $350/year for a status page
  • Pricing: $15–$49/month per company for a managed status page + monitoring
  • Example: 60 SaaS clients × $29/month = $20,880/year
  • Difficulty: Simple — one server, automated provisioning, minimal ongoing work

3. Reliability add-on for existing dev services. If you do hosting, server management, or development work, uptime monitoring is a natural add-on. Bundle Uptime Kuma monitoring into a "Reliability Package" with monthly SLA reporting and incident escalation.

  • Target: Your existing hosting or development clients
  • Pricing: $49–$149/month for monitoring + status page + incident reporting
  • Example: Upgrade 15 existing clients to the reliability package at $79/month = $14,220/year in incremental recurring revenue
  • Difficulty: Simple — you already have the client relationship

Need technical help?

Want help setting up Uptime Kuma, customizing it, or building your product on top of it? Knock me — let's talk.