uptime-kuma

Uptime Kuma checks the availability of websites, network services and Docker containers from your own installation. It supports 20-second monitoring intervals, notifications through many services, and multiple status pages that can use specific domains.

Key features

• Monitor HTTP(s), TCP, WebSocket, Ping and DNS records.
• Check HTTP(s) keywords and JSON queries.
• Monitor Docker containers, Steam game servers and Push monitors.
• Use 20-second monitoring intervals.
• Send notifications through Telegram, Discord, Slack, SMTP email and 90+ notification services.
• Create multiple status pages and map them to specific domains.
• View ping charts and certificate information.
• Use proxy support.
• Protect access with two-factor authentication.
• Use a reactive interface with multiple languages.

Why it helps in Pakistan

• Check websites and infrastructure from one self-hosted tool.
• Receive service alerts through communication channels your team already uses.
• Share availability information through separate status pages.
• Check page content as well as basic website availability.
• Keep control of where your monitoring installation runs.

• 01

  A Karachi online retailer can monitor its storefront over HTTPS and receive SMTP email alerts.

• 02

  A Lahore software agency can create separate status pages for client services and map them to specific domains.

• 03

  An Islamabad development team can monitor Docker containers and send notifications to Slack.

• 04

  A Pakistani college IT team can check its website for expected keywords and monitor DNS records.

Hardware

Check the official docs for CPU, RAM and storage requirements.Use a local directory or volume for Docker data; NFS is not supported.

Operating system

Non-Docker: major Linux distributions, including Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora and ArchLinux.Non-Docker: Windows 10 (x64), Windows Server 2012 R2 (x64) or higher.FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Replit and Heroku are not supported for the documented non-Docker installation.macOS support: Check the official docs.

Skills

Command-line use for installation.Docker or Docker Compose for container installation.For non-Docker installation: Node.js >= 20.4, Git and PM2 for background operation.

Accounts needed

Check the official docs for account requirements for your chosen notification services.

Commands are copied from the project's README and official docs.

1. 1

   Docker Compose: create a directory

   Run mkdir uptime-kuma, then cd uptime-kuma.
2. 2

   Download the Compose file

   Run curl -o compose.yaml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/master/compose.yaml.
3. 3

   Start and open Uptime Kuma

   Run docker compose up -d, then open http://localhost:3001 or http://your-ip:3001. It listens on all network interfaces. Use local storage rather than NFS.

• Telegram

  Receive monitoring notifications.

• Discord

  Receive monitoring notifications.

• Slack

  Receive monitoring notifications.

• Gotify

  Receive monitoring notifications.

• Pushover

  Receive monitoring notifications.

• Email (SMTP)

  Send monitoring notifications through SMTP email.

• Docker

  Monitor Docker containers and run Uptime Kuma as a container.

• GitHub
• Homepage
• Installation and reverse-proxy guide
• Update guide
• Notification services
• Live demo
• GitHub Issues
• Community subreddit