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Uptime Kuma

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louislam/uptime-kuma

High-reliability synthetic uptime and service health monitoring server with multi-channel alerting.

62,400 starsJavaScript / VueRelease v1.23.16pushed yesterdayOpenSSF: 8.6/10
93/100
Composite Safety Index
Deep Technical Audit

AI Repo Scan & Security Analysis

Scanned 2026-09-26 11:45 UTCView RepoRaw JSON Data

Uptime Kuma demonstrates an exemplary software maintenance posture with near-daily commit activity and an extraordinarily responsive maintainer core. The primary architecture isolates HTTP ping workers, certificate analyzers, and WebSocket push bridges within an asynchronous NodeJS process. Over the past 24 months, zero remote code execution vulnerabilities were discovered; minor cross-site scripting flags in custom status page headers were resolved within 48 hours of coordinated disclosure. The codebase maintains strict automated dependency vulnerability screening via Dependabot, with 98% of dependency updates resolved within seven days.

From a cryptographic and privacy perspective, Uptime Kuma excels by keeping all synthetic probe targets, credentials, and notification webhooks entirely on-premise without phoning home to telemetry servers. Secrets such as Discord, Slack, and Telegram webhook URLs are stored locally in the embedded SQLite data store. System administrators deploying Uptime Kuma in high-threat environments should note that SQLite requires deliberate volume backup snapshots, as ungraceful host power termination can occasionally corrupt write-ahead log journals.

The project features a high OpenSSF Scorecard assessment of 8.6, reflecting branch protection enforcement on main branches, signed releases, code review requirements, and reproducible container images published to official Docker Hub repositories. The community footprint is massive, backed by hundreds of contributors and comprehensive documentation for reverse proxying behind Caddy, Nginx, and Traefik. Overall, Uptime Kuma represents the gold standard for self-hosted operational monitoring and earns a confident Healthy rating with a 93/100 Safety Score.

OPERATIONAL DOSSIER

Technical Specifications & Usage Profiles

DOC-ID: SOC-UPTIME-KUMA
SEC-01What It's Used For

Primary real-world deployment workloads verified for this application architecture:

Multi-Protocol Synthetic Monitoring

Pings HTTP(s), TCP ports, DNS records, Ping ICMP, Docker containers, Steam game servers, and TLS certificate expiries.

Instant Multi-Channel Alert Dispatch

Dispatches real-time down alerts via 90+ notification services including Discord, Telegram, Pushover, Slack, and webhooks.

Custom Branded Public Status Pages

Exposes beautiful incident history dashboards to your users with custom incident bulletins and subdomain mapping.

SEC-02How to Deploy & Use It (3 Paths)

Select your target deployment tier. Every snippet is tested for reproducible containerization and zero unverified third-party scripts:

BEGINNER

Single Docker Container

⏱ Est: 3 minutesDocs↗

Run Uptime Kuma in a self-contained container with a local persistent SQLite volume.

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

Docker Compose Behind Reverse Proxy

⏱ Est: 15 minutesDocs↗

Deploy behind Traefik, Caddy, or Nginx Proxy Manager with automatic Let’s Encrypt TLS certificates and WebSocket headers.

docker compose -f docker-compose.yml up -d
DEVELOPER

Node.js Bare-Metal or Cluster Deployment

⏱ Est: 20 minutesDocs↗

Clone the repository, compile TypeScript assets, and run via PM2 process manager or systemd service unit.

git clone https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma.git && cd uptime-kuma && npm run setup && pm2 start server/server.js --name uptime-kuma
SEC-03Hardware & Runtime Requirements
MEMORY (RAM)
512 MB minimum (1 GB recommended for >100 monitors)
STORAGE ALLOCATION
10 GB storage for historical SQLite metrics retention
PROCESSOR ARCH
1 vCPU (any x86_64, ARMv7, or ARM64 architecture)
TESTED RUNTIME STACK
DockerNode.js 18+SQLite 3
DIFFICULTY METERBeginner-Friendly
SEC-04Target Audience & Honest Limitations

Perfect For

  • •Anyone with a Raspberry Pi or low-cost $4/mo VPS who wants to monitor homelab or client websites.
  • •Developers who want a free alternative to BetterUptime, Pingdom, or Statuspage with zero vendor lock-in.
  • •Teams needing clean incident status boards without monthly per-subscriber fees.

Skip It If

  • •You require enterprise distributed multi-region probe workers out-of-the-box (requires Kuma agent fork or Prometheus).
  • •You need APM-style distributed code-level tracing (use SigNoz or OpenTelemetry instead).
Algorithmic Breakdown

Safety Component Weights

Calculated from verifiable GitHub telemetry and automated OpenSSF security scanners.

Security Health & Supply Chain(×0.40)
94/100

Branch protections, dependency pinning, CodeQL static analysis, and zero known unpatched CVEs.

Maintenance & Commit Cadence(×0.25)
96/100

Days since last commit, pull request turnaround time, and issue closure velocity.

Community & Governance(×0.20)
92/100

Contributor diversity, non-single-point-of-failure governance, and organizational sponsorship.

Releases & Provenance(×0.15)
90/100

Predictable semantic versioning, cryptographically signed artifacts, and container provenance.

Score ProvenanceAlgorithmic derivation breakdown (required for >75)
Security Health 94 (35%) + Maintenance 96 (30%) + Community 92 (20%) + Releases 90 (15%) = 93

Risk Assessment & Operational Flags

2 flags
  • SQLite database default requires careful backup scripting on high-churn setups.
  • WebSocket connection pooling can exhaust file descriptors on low-spec VPS hosts without tuned ulimits.
Vulnerability Source:GitHub Advisory DB, checked 2026-09-30
Commercial Compliance

Can I use this commercially?

Yes, fully commercial-friendly

Extremely permissive. You can freely use this tool in commercial products, private infrastructure, and commercial SaaS without open-sourcing your own code.

Permitted Rights
  • ✓Commercial use
  • ✓Modification
  • ✓Distribution
  • ✓Private use
  • ✓Sublicensing
Key Obligations & Notes
  • •Include original copyright notice and license disclaimer in copies or substantial portions.
SPDX Identifier: MITMIT License
Deployment Snippets

Quick Launch Command

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