Uptime Kuma
Friendly self-hosted uptime monitoring for member-facing services
oss-osi-approved full guide featuredOverview
Uptime Kuma monitors HTTP endpoints, ports, and certificates. Operators track booking pages, captive portals, and status of self-hosted apps with notifications.
At a glance
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Categories | monitoring-observability |
| Deployment | self-hosted |
| License class | oss-osi-approved (MIT) |
| Cost model | free-self-hosted |
| Implementation difficulty | easy |
| Maintenance burden | low |
| Maturity | stable |
| Verification | partially-verified (2026-07-17) |
Cost reality
Free software; host on a small always-on node preferably separate from monitored systems.
Pricing and free-tier limits change frequently; re-check official pricing before budget decisions.
Tasks reduced or augmented
Software does not replace community or ops staff. It may reduce or augment:
- Detecting outages early
- Certificate expiry warnings
Human oversight still needed
- On-call ownership
- Public status page messaging
Data held
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monitor configs
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heartbeat history
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notification settings
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Personal data: no / limited
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Payment data: no / not primary
Risks
| Area | Notes |
|---|---|
| Vendor lock-in | Evaluate export formats and API completeness before deep customization. |
| Security | Apply updates promptly; restrict admin access; enable TLS. |
| Compliance | Operator remains responsible for privacy and local regulatory obligations. |
| Licensing | Confirm license fits commercial coworking use. |
| Operational | Plan backups, monitoring, and a restore drill before production use. |
Coworking fit
Roles: technical-operator, operations-manager
Workflows: incident-response, backup-restore-drill
Problems: improve-member-experience, disaster-recovery, reduce-software-cost
Smallest useful experiment
Monitor five critical URLs (website, booking, Wi-Fi portal, CRM, payment link) with Telegram/email alerts.
Typical time to first value: 1–3 days
Links
Implementation guide
See the human-written implementation guide.
Compose pack: compose/uptime-kuma
Verification
- Status:
partially-verified - Last reviewed:
2026-07-17 - Sources:
Seed entry compiled from official project sites and repositories. Re-verify pricing, license text, and feature claims before production decisions. Star counts and free-tier numeric limits intentionally omitted unless verified at review time.