Uptime Kuma
by Uptime Kuma · Self-hosted monitoring tool you run in Docker
40.5 — BenchRank score out of 100
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Overview
Uptime Kuma is a self-hosted monitoring tool. It is installed by running its Docker image (louislam/uptime-kuma:2), publishing port 3001 and mounting a volume at /app/data so data persists across restarts. The project site links to a live demo, documentation, a GitHub repository and a status page.
- Best for
- Teams that want to run their own uptime monitoring on a server they control, via Docker.
- Pricing
- No prices are shown on the captured page; the tool is self-hosted from a public Docker image.
- Runs on
- Self-hosted
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Self-hosted, so monitoring stays on your own server
- Installs with a single Docker run command
- Live demo and documentation linked from the site
- Data kept in a Docker volume mounted at /app/data
Trade-offs
- You must provide and maintain the host server yourself
- No hosted or managed option is offered on the page
- The page states no features, monitor types or integrations
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
- MCP support
- 60 out of 100
- API quality
- 10 out of 100
- Documentation
- 45 out of 100
- Agent friendliness
- 0 out of 100
- Changelog
- 100 out of 100
- Marketing site structure
- 60 out of 100
- Operational trust
- 25 out of 100
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
- Openness
- 85 out of 100
- Maintenance
- 100 out of 100
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