[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":1241},["ShallowReactive",2],{"\u002Fblog\u002Fself-hosted-uptime-monitoring-tools":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":8,"category":1216,"date":1217,"description":1218,"extension":1219,"faq":1220,"howTo":1233,"image":1233,"lastUpdated":1217,"meta":1234,"navigation":1235,"path":1236,"readingTime":1237,"seo":1238,"stem":1239,"__hash__":1240},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fself-hosted-uptime-monitoring-tools.md","7 Best Self-Hosted Uptime Monitoring Tools in 2026",{"name":7},"Theo Cummings",{"type":9,"value":10,"toc":1202},"minimark",[11,15,18,23,26,29,32,41,45,222,226,265,268,272,286,289,292,297,320,325,342,347,419,426,432,434,438,449,452,456,476,480,496,500,640,683,688,690,694,705,708,715,719,742,746,760,769,774,801,806,808,812,823,826,830,853,857,870,874,899,904,906,910,920,923,926,930,947,951,966,971,976,978,982,992,995,999,1016,1020,1033,1038,1043,1045,1049,1059,1062,1066,1083,1087,1103,1108,1113,1115,1119,1122,1125,1131,1137,1148,1156,1159,1198],[12,13,14],"p",{},"Self-hosted uptime monitoring tools give you a monitoring stack you run on your own infrastructure. No monthly software fee, full data ownership, and complete control over configuration and deployment. The hidden cost is maintenance: OS updates, SSL renewals, backups, and the structural problem that your monitoring runs on infrastructure you manage.",[12,16,17],{},"This guide covers 7 self-hosted uptime monitoring tools in 2026, ranked by breadth of check support and operational maturity. It ends with the specific signals that indicate when self-hosting no longer makes sense.",[19,20,22],"h2",{"id":21},"the-structural-problem-with-self-hosted-monitoring","The structural problem with self-hosted monitoring",[12,24,25],{},"Self-hosted monitoring has one unavoidable limitation: it runs on your infrastructure. When your infrastructure has a problem – the VPS goes down, a configuration change breaks the monitoring service, your hosting provider has an outage – your monitoring stops reporting. You discover the problem from a customer complaint, not from an alert.",[12,27,28],{},"Managed monitoring runs on the vendor's infrastructure, independent from yours. When your application goes down, the monitoring service keeps running and keeps sending alerts. That independence is the core reliability difference.",[12,30,31],{},"If self-hosting is the right choice for your team, the mitigation is to run your monitoring on completely separate infrastructure from your application: a different provider, different region, different account. This adds cost and complexity but preserves the independence benefit.",[12,33,34,35,40],{},"Read ",[36,37,39],"a",{"href":38},"\u002Fblog\u002Fself-hosted-monitoring-vs-managed-monitoring","self-hosted monitoring vs managed monitoring"," for a full comparison of the models.",[19,42,44],{"id":43},"quick-comparison","Quick comparison",[46,47,48,73],"table",{},[49,50,51],"thead",{},[52,53,54,58,61,64,67,70],"tr",{},[55,56,57],"th",{},"Tool",[55,59,60],{},"Language",[55,62,63],{},"Check types",[55,65,66],{},"Alerting",[55,68,69],{},"Status page",[55,71,72],{},"Setup time",[74,75,76,100,121,143,164,184,203],"tbody",{},[52,77,78,85,88,91,94,97],{},[79,80,81],"td",{},[82,83,84],"strong",{},"Uptime Kuma",[79,86,87],{},"Node.js",[79,89,90],{},"HTTP, TCP, DNS, Docker, heartbeat",[79,92,93],{},"90+ channels",[79,95,96],{},"Yes",[79,98,99],{},"10 min",[52,101,102,107,110,113,116,118],{},[79,103,104],{},[82,105,106],{},"Gatus",[79,108,109],{},"Go",[79,111,112],{},"HTTP, DNS, TCP, ICMP",[79,114,115],{},"Slack, PagerDuty, email, webhook",[79,117,96],{},[79,119,120],{},"20 min",[52,122,123,128,131,134,137,140],{},[79,124,125],{},[82,126,127],{},"Healthchecks.io",[79,129,130],{},"Python (Django)",[79,132,133],{},"Heartbeat\u002Fcron only",[79,135,136],{},"Email, Slack, webhook, 70+",[79,138,139],{},"No",[79,141,142],{},"30 min",[52,144,145,150,153,156,159,161],{},[79,146,147],{},[82,148,149],{},"Netdata",[79,151,152],{},"C",[79,154,155],{},"Server metrics + HTTP",[79,157,158],{},"Email, Slack, PagerDuty",[79,160,139],{},[79,162,163],{},"15 min",[52,165,166,171,173,175,178,181],{},[79,167,168],{},[82,169,170],{},"Prometheus + Blackbox",[79,172,109],{},[79,174,112],{},[79,176,177],{},"Via Alertmanager",[79,179,180],{},"Via Grafana",[79,182,183],{},"60–120 min",[52,185,186,191,193,196,199,201],{},[79,187,188],{},[82,189,190],{},"Statping-ng",[79,192,109],{},[79,194,195],{},"HTTP, TCP, UDP, ICMP",[79,197,198],{},"Email, Slack, Telegram",[79,200,96],{},[79,202,120],{},[52,204,205,210,212,215,218,220],{},[79,206,207],{},[82,208,209],{},"Checkmate",[79,211,87],{},[79,213,214],{},"HTTP, TCP, ping",[79,216,217],{},"Email, Slack, webhook",[79,219,96],{},[79,221,120],{},[19,223,225],{"id":224},"related-guides","Related guides",[227,228,229,236,241,247,253,259],"ul",{},[230,231,232],"li",{},[36,233,235],{"href":234},"\u002Fblog\u002Fuptime-kuma-alternatives","Uptime Kuma Alternatives in 2026",[230,237,238],{},[36,239,240],{"href":38},"Self-Hosted Monitoring vs Managed Monitoring",[230,242,243],{},[36,244,246],{"href":245},"\u002Fblog\u002Fopen-source-status-page-software","Open Source Status Page Software in 2026",[230,248,249],{},[36,250,252],{"href":251},"\u002Fblog\u002Fheartbeat-monitoring-cron-jobs","Heartbeat Monitoring for Cron Jobs",[230,254,255],{},[36,256,258],{"href":257},"\u002Fblog\u002Fbest-free-uptime-monitoring-tools","Best Free Uptime Monitoring Tools in 2026",[230,260,261],{},[36,262,264],{"href":263},"\u002Fblog\u002Fuptime-monitoring-best-practices","Uptime Monitoring Best Practices",[266,267],"hr",{},[19,269,271],{"id":270},"_1-uptime-kuma-best-self-hosted-uptime-monitor-by-community-size-and-check-breadth","1. Uptime Kuma – Best self-hosted uptime monitor by community size and check breadth",[12,273,274,277,278,281,282,285],{},[82,275,276],{},"GitHub:"," github.com\u002Flouislam\u002Fuptime-kuma | ",[82,279,280],{},"Stars:"," ~60,000 | ",[82,283,284],{},"Language:"," Node.js",[12,287,288],{},"Uptime Kuma is the most popular self-hosted monitoring tool by a wide margin. It covers HTTP, TCP, DNS, Docker container health, heartbeat (cron jobs), and ping checks. The web UI is clean for an open source project. And the notification system connects to 90+ channels including Slack, Discord, PagerDuty, Teams, Telegram, email, and SMS services.",[12,290,291],{},"The status page feature lets you create a public-facing page showing monitor state, useful for communicating service health to customers.",[12,293,294],{},[82,295,296],{},"What makes it strong:",[227,298,299,302,305,308,311,314,317],{},[230,300,301],{},"HTTP, TCP, DNS, Docker, heartbeat, and ICMP check types",[230,303,304],{},"90+ notification channels – connects to almost any alerting tool",[230,306,307],{},"Built-in status page with custom domain support",[230,309,310],{},"Response time history and uptime percentage per monitor",[230,312,313],{},"Docker deployment takes under 10 minutes",[230,315,316],{},"Active development with weekly releases",[230,318,319],{},"60,000+ GitHub stars and a large community means answers to problems are easy to find",[12,321,322],{},[82,323,324],{},"Where it falls short:",[227,326,327,330,333,336,339],{},[230,328,329],{},"Runs on your infrastructure – monitoring goes quiet if the VPS goes down",[230,331,332],{},"No multi-region consensus alerting – single probe per check means false positives from network path issues occur",[230,334,335],{},"Node.js stack requires runtime maintenance",[230,337,338],{},"Status page is functional but not polished for customer-facing use",[230,340,341],{},"No subscriber notifications for the status page",[12,343,344],{},[82,345,346],{},"Setup:",[348,349,354],"pre",{"className":350,"code":351,"language":352,"meta":353,"style":353},"language-bash shiki shiki-themes material-theme-lighter material-theme material-theme-palenight","docker run -d --restart=always \\\n  -p 3001:3001 \\\n  -v uptime-kuma:\u002Fapp\u002Fdata \\\n  --name uptime-kuma \\\n  louislam\u002Fuptime-kuma:1\n","bash","",[355,356,357,380,391,402,413],"code",{"__ignoreMap":353},[358,359,362,366,370,373,376],"span",{"class":360,"line":361},"line",1,[358,363,365],{"class":364},"sBMFI","docker",[358,367,369],{"class":368},"sfazB"," run",[358,371,372],{"class":368}," -d",[358,374,375],{"class":368}," --restart=always",[358,377,379],{"class":378},"sTEyZ"," \\\n",[358,381,383,386,389],{"class":360,"line":382},2,[358,384,385],{"class":368},"  -p",[358,387,388],{"class":368}," 3001:3001",[358,390,379],{"class":378},[358,392,394,397,400],{"class":360,"line":393},3,[358,395,396],{"class":368},"  -v",[358,398,399],{"class":368}," uptime-kuma:\u002Fapp\u002Fdata",[358,401,379],{"class":378},[358,403,405,408,411],{"class":360,"line":404},4,[358,406,407],{"class":368},"  --name",[358,409,410],{"class":368}," uptime-kuma",[358,412,379],{"class":378},[358,414,416],{"class":360,"line":415},5,[358,417,418],{"class":368},"  louislam\u002Fuptime-kuma:1\n",[12,420,421,422,425],{},"Then open ",[355,423,424],{},"http:\u002F\u002Flocalhost:3001"," and create your first monitor.",[12,427,428,431],{},[82,429,430],{},"Best for:"," Teams that want the broadest self-hosted monitoring coverage with the largest community support base.",[266,433],{},[19,435,437],{"id":436},"_2-gatus-best-self-hosted-monitor-for-config-as-code-workflows","2. Gatus – Best self-hosted monitor for config-as-code workflows",[12,439,440,442,443,445,446,448],{},[82,441,276],{}," github.com\u002FTwiN\u002Fgatus | ",[82,444,280],{}," ~7,000 | ",[82,447,284],{}," Go",[12,450,451],{},"Gatus defines all monitoring configuration in YAML. Endpoints, alert rules, and notification routing are version-controlled alongside your application code. The Go binary is a single executable with no runtime dependencies. The built-in UI shows live status and response history. Changes to monitoring config go through the same PR review process as code changes.",[12,453,454],{},[82,455,296],{},[227,457,458,461,464,467,470,473],{},[230,459,460],{},"YAML configuration works with git and code review workflows",[230,462,463],{},"Single Go binary – no runtime dependencies, runs anywhere",[230,465,466],{},"HTTP assertions (check response body content, not just status code)",[230,468,469],{},"DNS, TCP, and ICMP check types in addition to HTTP",[230,471,472],{},"Alerting to Slack, PagerDuty, email, Teams, Discord, and webhook",[230,474,475],{},"Status page built in and automatic from monitor state",[12,477,478],{},[82,479,324],{},[227,481,482,485,488,491,493],{},[230,483,484],{},"No web UI for creating or editing monitors – all configuration is YAML",[230,486,487],{},"Smaller community than Uptime Kuma",[230,489,490],{},"No heartbeat monitoring for cron jobs",[230,492,341],{},[230,494,495],{},"Storage is in-memory by default – restart clears history unless configured with PostgreSQL",[12,497,498],{},[82,499,346],{},[348,501,505],{"className":502,"code":503,"language":504,"meta":353,"style":353},"language-yaml shiki shiki-themes material-theme-lighter material-theme material-theme-palenight","# config.yaml\nendpoints:\n  - name: my-api\n    url: \"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.example.com\u002Fhealth\"\n    interval: 60s\n    conditions:\n      - \"[STATUS] == 200\"\n      - \"[RESPONSE_TIME] \u003C 500\"\n    alerts:\n      - type: slack\n        failure-threshold: 2\n        success-threshold: 1\n","yaml",[355,506,507,513,523,537,553,563,571,584,596,604,617,629],{"__ignoreMap":353},[358,508,509],{"class":360,"line":361},[358,510,512],{"class":511},"sHwdD","# config.yaml\n",[358,514,515,519],{"class":360,"line":382},[358,516,518],{"class":517},"swJcz","endpoints",[358,520,522],{"class":521},"sMK4o",":\n",[358,524,525,528,531,534],{"class":360,"line":393},[358,526,527],{"class":521},"  -",[358,529,530],{"class":517}," name",[358,532,533],{"class":521},":",[358,535,536],{"class":368}," my-api\n",[358,538,539,542,544,547,550],{"class":360,"line":404},[358,540,541],{"class":517},"    url",[358,543,533],{"class":521},[358,545,546],{"class":521}," \"",[358,548,549],{"class":368},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.example.com\u002Fhealth",[358,551,552],{"class":521},"\"\n",[358,554,555,558,560],{"class":360,"line":415},[358,556,557],{"class":517},"    interval",[358,559,533],{"class":521},[358,561,562],{"class":368}," 60s\n",[358,564,566,569],{"class":360,"line":565},6,[358,567,568],{"class":517},"    conditions",[358,570,522],{"class":521},[358,572,574,577,579,582],{"class":360,"line":573},7,[358,575,576],{"class":521},"      -",[358,578,546],{"class":521},[358,580,581],{"class":368},"[STATUS] == 200",[358,583,552],{"class":521},[358,585,587,589,591,594],{"class":360,"line":586},8,[358,588,576],{"class":521},[358,590,546],{"class":521},[358,592,593],{"class":368},"[RESPONSE_TIME] \u003C 500",[358,595,552],{"class":521},[358,597,599,602],{"class":360,"line":598},9,[358,600,601],{"class":517},"    alerts",[358,603,522],{"class":521},[358,605,607,609,612,614],{"class":360,"line":606},10,[358,608,576],{"class":521},[358,610,611],{"class":517}," type",[358,613,533],{"class":521},[358,615,616],{"class":368}," slack\n",[358,618,620,623,625],{"class":360,"line":619},11,[358,621,622],{"class":517},"        failure-threshold",[358,624,533],{"class":521},[358,626,628],{"class":627},"sbssI"," 2\n",[358,630,632,635,637],{"class":360,"line":631},12,[358,633,634],{"class":517},"        success-threshold",[358,636,533],{"class":521},[358,638,639],{"class":627}," 1\n",[348,641,643],{"className":350,"code":642,"language":352,"meta":353,"style":353},"docker run -p 8080:8080 \\\n  -v $(pwd)\u002Fconfig.yaml:\u002Fconfig\u002Fconfig.yaml \\\n  twinproduction\u002Fgatus\n",[355,644,645,659,678],{"__ignoreMap":353},[358,646,647,649,651,654,657],{"class":360,"line":361},[358,648,365],{"class":364},[358,650,369],{"class":368},[358,652,653],{"class":368}," -p",[358,655,656],{"class":368}," 8080:8080",[358,658,379],{"class":378},[358,660,661,663,666,670,673,676],{"class":360,"line":382},[358,662,396],{"class":368},[358,664,665],{"class":521}," $(",[358,667,669],{"class":668},"s2Zo4","pwd",[358,671,672],{"class":521},")",[358,674,675],{"class":368},"\u002Fconfig.yaml:\u002Fconfig\u002Fconfig.yaml",[358,677,379],{"class":378},[358,679,680],{"class":360,"line":393},[358,681,682],{"class":368},"  twinproduction\u002Fgatus\n",[12,684,685,687],{},[82,686,430],{}," Teams with strong infrastructure-as-code culture that want monitoring configuration to live alongside application configuration.",[266,689],{},[19,691,693],{"id":692},"_3-healthchecksio-best-self-hosted-heartbeat-and-cron-job-monitor","3. Healthchecks.io – Best self-hosted heartbeat and cron job monitor",[12,695,696,698,699,701,702,704],{},[82,697,276],{}," github.com\u002Fhealthchecks\u002Fhealthchecks | ",[82,700,280],{}," ~8,500 | ",[82,703,284],{}," Python (Django)",[12,706,707],{},"Healthchecks.io is purpose-built for heartbeat monitoring: your scheduled jobs, cron tasks, and background workers ping it on a schedule, and it alerts when expected pings stop arriving. The public managed service (healthchecks.io) is well-known, but the full source is available for self-hosting.",[12,709,710,711,714],{},"If your primary need is ",[36,712,713],{"href":251},"monitoring cron jobs and scheduled tasks",", Healthchecks is the strongest purpose-built tool for that use case – self-hosted or managed.",[12,716,717],{},[82,718,296],{},[227,720,721,724,727,730,733,739],{},[230,722,723],{},"Best-in-class heartbeat monitoring for cron jobs and background workers",[230,725,726],{},"70+ notification channels including email, Slack, PagerDuty, OpsGenie, webhook",[230,728,729],{},"Grace period configuration per check (useful for jobs with variable runtimes)",[230,731,732],{},"Check groups and project organization for larger deployments",[230,734,735,736],{},"Ping URL is the simplest possible integration – ",[355,737,738],{},"curl https:\u002F\u002Fyour-healthchecks\u002Fping\u002Fuuid",[230,740,741],{},"Django-based with well-documented deployment",[12,743,744],{},[82,745,324],{},[227,747,748,751,754,757],{},[230,749,750],{},"Heartbeat\u002Fcron monitoring only – no HTTP endpoint checks, DNS monitoring, or SSL checks",[230,752,753],{},"Requires Python\u002FDjango deployment (more complex than Go binaries)",[230,755,756],{},"No built-in status page",[230,758,759],{},"Self-hosted version requires more setup than the other tools in this list",[12,761,762,764,765,768],{},[82,763,346],{}," Docker Compose deployment with PostgreSQL. Configuration via ",[355,766,767],{},".env"," file.",[12,770,771],{},[82,772,773],{},"Integration example:",[348,775,777],{"className":350,"code":776,"language":352,"meta":353,"style":353},"# Add to end of cron job\ncurl -fsS --retry 3 https:\u002F\u002Fhc-ping.example.com\u002Fyour-check-uuid\n",[355,778,779,784],{"__ignoreMap":353},[358,780,781],{"class":360,"line":361},[358,782,783],{"class":511},"# Add to end of cron job\n",[358,785,786,789,792,795,798],{"class":360,"line":382},[358,787,788],{"class":364},"curl",[358,790,791],{"class":368}," -fsS",[358,793,794],{"class":368}," --retry",[358,796,797],{"class":627}," 3",[358,799,800],{"class":368}," https:\u002F\u002Fhc-ping.example.com\u002Fyour-check-uuid\n",[12,802,803,805],{},[82,804,430],{}," Teams that want a dedicated self-hosted heartbeat monitor for scheduled jobs. Pair with Uptime Kuma or Gatus for HTTP endpoint monitoring.",[266,807],{},[19,809,811],{"id":810},"_4-netdata-best-self-hosted-option-for-teams-that-want-server-metrics-alongside-availability","4. Netdata – Best self-hosted option for teams that want server metrics alongside availability",[12,813,814,816,817,819,820,822],{},[82,815,276],{}," github.com\u002Fnetdata\u002Fnetdata | ",[82,818,280],{}," ~73,000 | ",[82,821,284],{}," C",[12,824,825],{},"Netdata is a server performance monitoring tool first – CPU, memory, disk, network, and container metrics with per-second granularity. It also supports HTTP endpoint checks via its Prometheus integration and web monitoring module. If you're primarily monitoring server health and want uptime checks as a secondary feature, Netdata bundles both.",[12,827,828],{},[82,829,296],{},[227,831,832,835,838,841,844,847,850],{},[230,833,834],{},"Rich server metrics with 1-second granularity",[230,836,837],{},"Very low agent overhead despite collection depth",[230,839,840],{},"Built-in anomaly detection for metric patterns",[230,842,843],{},"HTTP endpoint monitoring via web module",[230,845,846],{},"Alert rules in YAML",[230,848,849],{},"Dashboard available immediately after installation",[230,851,852],{},"73,000+ GitHub stars",[12,854,855],{},[82,856,324],{},[227,858,859,862,865,867],{},[230,860,861],{},"Uptime monitoring is a secondary feature, not the primary design",[230,863,864],{},"No heartbeat monitoring",[230,866,756],{},[230,868,869],{},"Agent focuses on the host it runs on – multi-host views require Netdata Cloud or federation",[12,871,872],{},[82,873,346],{},[348,875,877],{"className":350,"code":876,"language":352,"meta":353,"style":353},"curl https:\u002F\u002Fget.netdata.cloud\u002Fkickstart.sh > \u002Ftmp\u002Fnetdata-kickstart.sh\nsh \u002Ftmp\u002Fnetdata-kickstart.sh\n",[355,878,879,892],{"__ignoreMap":353},[358,880,881,883,886,889],{"class":360,"line":361},[358,882,788],{"class":364},[358,884,885],{"class":368}," https:\u002F\u002Fget.netdata.cloud\u002Fkickstart.sh",[358,887,888],{"class":521}," >",[358,890,891],{"class":368}," \u002Ftmp\u002Fnetdata-kickstart.sh\n",[358,893,894,897],{"class":360,"line":382},[358,895,896],{"class":364},"sh",[358,898,891],{"class":368},[12,900,901,903],{},[82,902,430],{}," Teams running on dedicated servers or VMs that want server health monitoring with HTTP checks as a secondary capability.",[266,905],{},[19,907,909],{"id":908},"_5-prometheus-blackbox-exporter-best-for-teams-already-running-the-prometheus-stack","5. Prometheus + Blackbox Exporter – Best for teams already running the Prometheus stack",[12,911,912,914,915,917,918,448],{},[82,913,276],{}," github.com\u002Fprometheus\u002Fblackbox_exporter | ",[82,916,280],{}," ~9,000 | ",[82,919,284],{},[12,921,922],{},"The Prometheus Blackbox Exporter adds HTTP, HTTPS, DNS, TCP, and ICMP probing to a Prometheus metrics stack. You define probe targets in Prometheus scrape configuration, the Blackbox Exporter runs the probes and exposes results as metrics, and Alertmanager handles alerting. Grafana visualizes everything.",[12,924,925],{},"This is not a standalone tool – it requires a working Prometheus stack. If your team already runs Prometheus for application and infrastructure metrics, adding Blackbox Exporter is the natural way to add uptime monitoring without a separate tool.",[12,927,928],{},[82,929,296],{},[227,931,932,935,938,941,944],{},[230,933,934],{},"Native Prometheus integration – uptime data lives alongside application metrics",[230,936,937],{},"HTTP, HTTPS (with SSL expiry metrics), DNS, TCP, ICMP check types",[230,939,940],{},"Alertmanager handles routing to PagerDuty, Slack, email, and webhook",[230,942,943],{},"Grafana dashboards for response time, success rate, and probe metrics",[230,945,946],{},"Highly customizable – full control over alerting rules and thresholds",[12,948,949],{},[82,950,324],{},[227,952,953,956,958,960,963],{},[230,954,955],{},"Requires existing Prometheus stack – setup cost is high without it",[230,957,756],{},[230,959,864],{},[230,961,962],{},"Configuration is Prometheus YAML – not beginner-friendly",[230,964,965],{},"Alert routing logic lives in Alertmanager config, separate from probe config",[12,967,968,970],{},[82,969,346],{}," Add the Blackbox Exporter as a scrape target in Prometheus config. Define alert rules in Prometheus. Route alerts via Alertmanager.",[12,972,973,975],{},[82,974,430],{}," Teams already running Prometheus that want uptime monitoring data alongside their existing metrics stack without introducing a new monitoring tool.",[266,977],{},[19,979,981],{"id":980},"_6-statping-ng-best-self-hosted-option-with-a-dashboard-ui-and-multiple-protocol-support","6. Statping-ng – Best self-hosted option with a dashboard UI and multiple protocol support",[12,983,984,986,987,989,990,448],{},[82,985,276],{}," github.com\u002Fstatping-ng\u002Fstatping-ng | ",[82,988,280],{}," ~2,500 | ",[82,991,284],{},[12,993,994],{},"Statping-ng is a community fork of the original Statping project. It monitors HTTP, ICMP, TCP, and UDP endpoints and serves a status page with response time graphs. The dashboard shows current status, historical response time data, and uptime percentage.",[12,996,997],{},[82,998,296],{},[227,1000,1001,1004,1007,1010,1013],{},[230,1002,1003],{},"Multiple check types: HTTP, ICMP, TCP, UDP",[230,1005,1006],{},"Built-in status page with response time graphs",[230,1008,1009],{},"Alerting via email, Slack, Telegram, and webhook",[230,1011,1012],{},"Docker deployment with SQLite or PostgreSQL",[230,1014,1015],{},"Status page updates automatically from monitor state",[12,1017,1018],{},[82,1019,324],{},[227,1021,1022,1025,1028,1031],{},[230,1023,1024],{},"Fork of an abandoned project – long-term maintenance confidence is lower",[230,1026,1027],{},"Smaller community than Uptime Kuma or Gatus",[230,1029,1030],{},"Interface feels dated compared to more recent alternatives",[230,1032,864],{},[12,1034,1035,1037],{},[82,1036,346],{}," Docker Compose with environment variables. Web UI available immediately.",[12,1039,1040,1042],{},[82,1041,430],{}," Teams that need UDP or raw TCP monitoring alongside HTTP checks, and want a status page with response time graphs.",[266,1044],{},[19,1046,1048],{"id":1047},"_7-checkmate-best-newer-self-hosted-option-with-a-modern-ui","7. Checkmate – Best newer self-hosted option with a modern UI",[12,1050,1051,1053,1054,1056,1057,285],{},[82,1052,276],{}," github.com\u002Fbluewave-labs\u002Fcheckmate | ",[82,1055,280],{}," ~3,000 | ",[82,1058,284],{},[12,1060,1061],{},"Checkmate is a newer self-hosted monitoring tool that covers HTTP, TCP, and ping checks with a modern interface. It includes email and Slack alerting, a basic status page, and a clean dashboard. Development is active and the project is adding features regularly.",[12,1063,1064],{},[82,1065,296],{},[227,1067,1068,1071,1074,1077,1080],{},[230,1069,1070],{},"Modern, clean interface",[230,1072,1073],{},"HTTP, TCP, and ping check types",[230,1075,1076],{},"Email and Slack alerting",[230,1078,1079],{},"Status page included",[230,1081,1082],{},"Active development with regular releases",[12,1084,1085],{},[82,1086,324],{},[227,1088,1089,1092,1094,1097,1100],{},[230,1090,1091],{},"Newer project with smaller community and fewer production deployments",[230,1093,864],{},[230,1095,1096],{},"No DNS check type",[230,1098,1099],{},"Node.js stack adds runtime maintenance overhead",[230,1101,1102],{},"Fewer integrations than Uptime Kuma",[12,1104,1105,1107],{},[82,1106,346],{}," Docker Compose with MongoDB for persistence.",[12,1109,1110,1112],{},[82,1111,430],{}," Teams that want a modern-looking self-hosted monitoring dashboard and are comfortable with a less mature project.",[266,1114],{},[19,1116,1118],{"id":1117},"when-self-hosted-monitoring-stops-making-sense","When self-hosted monitoring stops making sense",[12,1120,1121],{},"Self-hosting works well at the start. The software is free, the VPS costs $5\u002Fmonth, and the team has time to configure everything.",[12,1123,1124],{},"Three things consistently push teams toward managed monitoring:",[12,1126,1127,1130],{},[82,1128,1129],{},"The monitoring went down during an incident."," Once a VPS outage or misconfiguration silences the monitoring during a real incident, the trust in self-hosted monitoring drops. Teams start keeping a second monitoring tool \"just in case.\"",[12,1132,1133,1136],{},[82,1134,1135],{},"Maintenance overhead grows."," Node.js updates, Docker image upgrades, SSL renewals on the monitoring subdomain, database backups – each is small, but together they take time that could be spent on the product.",[12,1138,1139,1142,1143,1147],{},[82,1140,1141],{},"False positives from single-region probing."," Every self-hosted tool in this list runs from one location. A network path issue between your VPS and your application looks identical to your application going down. 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Setup complexity, maintenance burden, check types, and when a managed tool makes more sense.","md",[1221,1224,1227,1230],{"q":1222,"a":1223},"What is the best self-hosted uptime monitoring tool?","Uptime Kuma is the most popular self-hosted uptime monitoring tool with 60,000+ GitHub stars, broad check type support, and 90+ notification channels. Gatus is the best choice for teams that prefer config-as-code YAML configuration. Healthchecks.io (open source) is the best dedicated heartbeat\u002Fcron job monitoring tool.",{"q":1225,"a":1226},"What is the main risk of self-hosted uptime monitoring?","The core structural problem: your monitoring runs on the infrastructure it is supposed to monitor. When that infrastructure fails, your monitoring goes offline exactly when you need it most. Managed monitoring tools run on completely separate infrastructure and avoid this problem.",{"q":1228,"a":1229},"Is Uptime Kuma free?","Yes. Uptime Kuma is free and open source under the MIT license. You pay only for the server you run it on – a $5 to $6\u002Fmonth VPS is sufficient for most teams.",{"q":1231,"a":1232},"How is self-hosted monitoring different from managed monitoring?","With self-hosted monitoring, you install and run the monitoring software on your own server. With managed monitoring, the vendor runs the infrastructure and you configure monitors via a web interface. Self-hosted costs less in software fees but requires more operational time. Managed monitoring is faster to set up and requires zero maintenance.",null,{},true,"\u002Fblog\u002Fself-hosted-uptime-monitoring-tools",13,{"title":5,"description":1218},"blog\u002Fself-hosted-uptime-monitoring-tools","IP5_kTCedTAZkW9YGklLDp9tvdWe1gE_AM9Ws91qizU",1783026156761]