# an uptime monitoring tool

**The uptime monitoring market is crowded, but there is still room for a simpler, cheaper, or more specialized product**

Confidence: high  ·  129 signals  ·  checked 2026-08-01

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## Who is already building this

*From data*

- Uptime Kuma is the biggest open-source player found here: 89,716 stars and still maintained, with a push on 2026-08-02.
  - [louislam/uptime-kuma](https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma) `github` — 2021-07-03
- Upptime is also very large, with 17,107 stars and still maintained; it last pushed on 2026-08-02.
  - [upptime/upptime](https://github.com/upptime/upptime) `github` — 2020-08-08
- Gatus has 11,674 stars and is still maintained, last pushed on 2026-08-02.
  - [TwiN/gatus](https://github.com/TwiN/gatus) `github` — 2019-09-04
- Checkmate has 10,400 stars and is still maintained, last pushed on 2026-07-31.
  - [bluewave-labs/Checkmate](https://github.com/bluewave-labs/Checkmate) `github` — 2024-04-30
- OpenStatus has 8,932 stars and is still maintained, last pushed on 2026-08-01.
  - [openstatusHQ/openstatus](https://github.com/openstatusHQ/openstatus) `github` — 2023-06-19
- HertzBeat has 7,345 stars and is still maintained, last pushed on 2026-08-02.
  - [apache/hertzbeat](https://github.com/apache/hertzbeat) `github` — 2022-02-04
- Statping is a dead competitor here: 7,294 stars, but its last push was 2024-07-05 and it is marked stale.
  - [statping/statping](https://github.com/statping/statping) `github` — 2018-06-10
- UptimeFlare has 3,704 stars and is still maintained, last pushed on 2026-06-01.
  - [lyc8503/UptimeFlare](https://github.com/lyc8503/UptimeFlare) `github` — 2023-10-14
- fzaninotto/uptime is another dead competitor: 3,591 stars, last pushed on 2021-10-01 and marked stale.
  - [fzaninotto/uptime](https://github.com/fzaninotto/uptime) `github` — 2012-01-04
- There are smaller active tools too, including Tianji with 3,077 stars and a last push on 2026-07-31, and CheckCle with 2,803 stars and a last push on 2026-07-17.
  - [msgbyte/tianji](https://github.com/msgbyte/tianji) `github` — 2023-08-31
  - [operacle/checkcle](https://github.com/operacle/checkcle) `github` — 2025-05-09

## What people actually say

*From data*

- "Since the SLA of the SaaS product I'm working on requires the vendor (me) to be able to provide an uptime report, I was looking into uptime monitoring and status page services." This is a direct complaint about needing reportable uptime, not just alerts.
  - [What about uptime monitoring?](https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/issues/31488) `githubissues` — 2025-04-23
- "Would be great if we could monitor services here, just like uptime-kuma!" This shows users wanting uptime monitoring inside another product.
  - [Uptime Monitoring](https://github.com/henrygd/beszel/issues/463) `githubissues` — 2025-01-20
- "I want to be able to see if some of my cameras are flakey, but I only care about the video steam." This is a narrow monitoring need where basic ping or HTTP checks are not enough.
  - [Camera Uptime Monitoring](https://github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate/issues/21192) `githubissues` — 2025-12-08
- "How are people doing this atm and what is 'best practice'" This is a first-hand request for operational guidance on running uptime monitoring for a self-hosted stack.
  - [Uptime monitoring](https://community.n8n.io/t/uptime-monitoring/97873) `discourse` — 2025-04-07
- "I'd like to see it be easy and cheap to run at scale." This is a direct product wish for scaling cost and simplicity.
  - [jonbeckman/solstatus](https://github.com/jonbeckman/solstatus) `github` — 2025-04-19

## People asking to be sold to

*From data*

- "I wish there was an uptime robot for like 25 cents a monitor a month." This is an explicit willingness-to-pay signal, but with a very low price anchor.
  - [Show HN: Network Monitor – a GUI to spot anomalous connections on your Linux](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46092607) `intent` — 2025-11-30
- "We self-host and want to make sure n8n is fully up and running 24*7" This is a live operational need, not curiosity.
  - [Uptime monitoring](https://community.n8n.io/t/uptime-monitoring/97873) `discourse` — 2025-04-07
- "Would be great if we could monitor services here" This is a feature request that implies someone would adopt the function if available.
  - [Uptime Monitoring](https://github.com/henrygd/beszel/issues/463) `githubissues` — 2025-01-20
- "I was looking into uptime monitoring and status page services" This shows active buying intent for a reporting-capable tool.
  - [What about uptime monitoring?](https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/issues/31488) `githubissues` — 2025-04-23

## Where the opening is

*Model estimate*

- The data does not show a clear gap in basic website uptime checks, status pages, or alerts; those are already covered by Uptime Kuma, Gatus, OpenStatus, Upptime, and others.
  - [louislam/uptime-kuma](https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma) `github` — 2021-07-03
  - [upptime/upptime](https://github.com/upptime/upptime) `github` — 2020-08-08
  - [TwiN/gatus](https://github.com/TwiN/gatus) `github` — 2019-09-04
  - [openstatusHQ/openstatus](https://github.com/openstatusHQ/openstatus) `github` — 2023-06-19
- A narrower gap appears around non-HTTP monitoring targets and domain-specific health signals, like camera video streams, where ping or HTTP checks are not enough.
  - [Camera Uptime Monitoring](https://github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate/issues/21192) `githubissues` — 2025-12-08
- Another possible gap is cheap, simple monitoring for small operators who think existing tools are too expensive or too enterprise-heavy.
  - [Show HN: Network Monitor – a GUI to spot anomalous connections on your Linux](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46092607) `intent` — 2025-11-30
  - [Ask HN: Uptime monitoring services](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=473110) `hackernews` — 2009-02-09
  - [UptimeRobot: Free Website Monitoring Service](https://uptimerobot.com) `tavily`
- Several requests point to reporting and evidence, such as uptime percentages, latency charts, and uptime reports, so the gap may be in better reporting rather than raw monitoring.
  - [What about uptime monitoring?](https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/issues/31488) `githubissues` — 2025-04-23
  - [(Uptime monitoring) Add percentage of time the endpoint was up.](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry/issues/85636) `githubissues` — 2025-02-21
  - [Uptime monitoring](https://github.com/server-status-project/server-status/issues/3) `githubissues` — 2018-01-03

## How big the market might be

*Model estimate*

- This search found 12 named open-source projects, of which 10 are active and 2 are dead.
- The biggest open-source competitor found is Uptime Kuma at 89,716 stars, with Upptime at 17,107 and Gatus at 11,674.
  - [louislam/uptime-kuma](https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma) `github` — 2021-07-03
  - [upptime/upptime](https://github.com/upptime/upptime) `github` — 2020-08-08
  - [TwiN/gatus](https://github.com/TwiN/gatus) `github` — 2019-09-04
- There were 40 first-hand complaints, 4 unsolved questions, and 1 explicit stated want across the collected signals.
- Matching discussion appeared in 7 community forums, including community.home-assistant.io, community.n8n.io, community.openai.com, discuss.elastic.co, forum.djangoproject.com, forum.rclone.org, and meta.discourse.org.
- There is also usage evidence in package registries, including @growth-labs/health with 2,535 monthly downloads and @ionhour/mcp-server with 140 monthly downloads, plus docker/elestio/uptime-kuma with 608,278 pulls.
  - [npm: @growth-labs/health](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@growth-labs/health) `registries` — 2026-05-25
  - [npm: @ionhour/mcp-server](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ionhour/mcp-server) `registries` — 2026-06-28
  - [docker: elestio/uptime-kuma](https://hub.docker.com/r/elestio/uptime-kuma) `registries`

## What could go wrong

*Model estimate*

- This market is heavily commoditized: several large, active open-source alternatives already exist, and the top one has nearly 90k stars.
  - [louislam/uptime-kuma](https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma) `github` — 2021-07-03
  - [upptime/upptime](https://github.com/upptime/upptime) `github` — 2020-08-08
  - [TwiN/gatus](https://github.com/TwiN/gatus) `github` — 2019-09-04
  - [openstatusHQ/openstatus](https://github.com/openstatusHQ/openstatus) `github` — 2023-06-19
- Open-source self-hosted buyers may expect a free or very cheap tool, which makes monetization hard unless the product is clearly better on reporting, scale, or a niche use case.
  - [Show HN: Network Monitor – a GUI to spot anomalous connections on your Linux](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46092607) `intent` — 2025-11-30
  - [jonbeckman/solstatus](https://github.com/jonbeckman/solstatus) `github` — 2025-04-19
- A generic new uptime monitor will look interchangeable with the incumbents unless it targets a specific workflow, protocol, or reporting gap.
  - [louislam/uptime-kuma](https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma) `github` — 2021-07-03
  - [TwiN/gatus](https://github.com/TwiN/gatus) `github` — 2019-09-04
  - [Camera Uptime Monitoring](https://github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate/issues/21192) `githubissues` — 2025-12-08
  - [(Uptime monitoring) Add percentage of time the endpoint was up.](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry/issues/85636) `githubissues` — 2025-02-21
- Some competition is stale, but the live competition is strong and still shipping, so dead projects do not meaningfully open the market on their own.
  - [statping/statping](https://github.com/statping/statping) `github` — 2018-06-10
  - [fzaninotto/uptime](https://github.com/fzaninotto/uptime) `github` — 2012-01-04
  - [louislam/uptime-kuma](https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma) `github` — 2021-07-03
  - [upptime/upptime](https://github.com/upptime/upptime) `github` — 2020-08-08
  - [TwiN/gatus](https://github.com/TwiN/gatus) `github` — 2019-09-04
  - [openstatusHQ/openstatus](https://github.com/openstatusHQ/openstatus) `github` — 2023-06-19
  - [apache/hertzbeat](https://github.com/apache/hertzbeat) `github` — 2022-02-04

## What to do this week

*Model estimate*

- Do not build another generic URL ping tool first; start with one niche where basic uptime tools fail, such as camera-stream checks, self-hosted stacks, or richer SLA reporting.
  - [Camera Uptime Monitoring](https://github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate/issues/21192) `githubissues` — 2025-12-08
  - [Uptime monitoring](https://community.n8n.io/t/uptime-monitoring/97873) `discourse` — 2025-04-07
  - [What about uptime monitoring?](https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/issues/31488) `githubissues` — 2025-04-23
  - [(Uptime monitoring) Add percentage of time the endpoint was up.](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry/issues/85636) `githubissues` — 2025-02-21
- If you build for small teams, test pricing against the explicit low anchor of 25 cents per monitor per month.
  - [Show HN: Network Monitor – a GUI to spot anomalous connections on your Linux](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46092607) `intent` — 2025-11-30
- Ship reporting early: uptime percentage, latency charts, and an exportable uptime report are repeatedly mentioned as reasons people care.
  - [What about uptime monitoring?](https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/issues/31488) `githubissues` — 2025-04-23
  - [(Uptime monitoring) Add percentage of time the endpoint was up.](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry/issues/85636) `githubissues` — 2025-02-21
  - [Uptime monitoring](https://github.com/server-status-project/server-status/issues/3) `githubissues` — 2018-01-03
- Validate with users who already mention uptime-kuma, UptimeRobot, or status pages in their workflow, because those are the clearest replacement paths in the signals.
  - [Uptime Monitoring](https://github.com/henrygd/beszel/issues/463) `githubissues` — 2025-01-20
  - [Uptime monitoring](https://community.n8n.io/t/uptime-monitoring/97873) `discourse` — 2025-04-07
  - [UptimeRobot: Free Website Monitoring Service](https://uptimerobot.com) `tavily`
- If you want a wedge, make it easy to run at scale and cheap to operate, since that was called out directly in one active repo and echoed by several discussions.
  - [jonbeckman/solstatus](https://github.com/jonbeckman/solstatus) `github` — 2025-04-19
  - [Show HN: Network Monitor – a GUI to spot anomalous connections on your Linux](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46092607) `intent` — 2025-11-30
  - [Ask HN: Uptime monitoring services](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=473110) `hackernews` — 2009-02-09

## Competitor strength

| Project | Stars | Downloads/mo | Activity |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| [louislam/uptime-kuma](https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma) | 89,716 | — | active |
| [upptime/upptime](https://github.com/upptime/upptime) | 17,107 | — | active |
| [TwiN/gatus](https://github.com/TwiN/gatus) | 11,674 | — | active |
| [bluewave-labs/Checkmate](https://github.com/bluewave-labs/Checkmate) | 10,400 | — | active |
| [openstatusHQ/openstatus](https://github.com/openstatusHQ/openstatus) | 8,932 | — | active |
| [apache/hertzbeat](https://github.com/apache/hertzbeat) | 7,345 | — | active |
| [statping/statping](https://github.com/statping/statping) | 7,294 | — | dead |
| [alexjustesen/speedtest-tracker](https://github.com/alexjustesen/speedtest-tracker) | 5,866 | — | active |
| [lyc8503/UptimeFlare](https://github.com/lyc8503/UptimeFlare) | 3,704 | — | active |
| [fzaninotto/uptime](https://github.com/fzaninotto/uptime) | 3,591 | — | dead |
| [msgbyte/tianji](https://github.com/msgbyte/tianji) | 3,077 | — | active |
| [operacle/checkcle](https://github.com/operacle/checkcle) | 2,803 | — | active |

## Domain names

- `uptimemonitoring.com` — taken
- `uptimemonitoring.io` — available
- `uptime.com` — taken
- `getuptime.com` — taken

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Sources searched: hackernews (30), github (20), githubissues (20), discourse (20), intent (1), stackexchange (4), registries (16), tavily (8), devto (10)

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