Gatus vs Uptime Kuma
| Tagline | Developer-oriented health dashboard with declarative YAML config and status pages | Fancy self-hosted uptime monitoring with a beautiful dashboard and status pages |
| Category | Monitoring & Status Pages | Monitoring & Status Pages |
| Replaces | UptimeRobot, Statuspage, Pingdom | UptimeRobot, Pingdom, Statuspage |
| GitHub stars | 12k | 91k |
| Language | Go | JavaScript |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Self-host difficulty | 2/5 Easy | 2/5 Easy |
| Deploy options | Docker Docker Compose Kubernetes Manual | Docker Docker Compose Manual |
| Managed hosting | ||
| Last updated | 7 days ago | yesterday |
| View repo | View repo |
Where each falls short
The honest trade-offs — what you give up with each, versus the proprietary tools they replace.
Gatus
- Configuration is YAML-only; no UI to add/edit monitors (less friendly than UptimeRobot's dashboard)
- Status pages are basic compared to Statuspage.io (no incident timeline workflow, subscriber management, or component grouping UX)
- No built-in multi-region probing without running multiple instances
- Limited historical analytics / long-term reporting
Uptime Kuma
- Single-node by design; no built-in multi-region / global probe network like Pingdom or UptimeRobot Pro
- Status pages are simpler than Statuspage.io (limited custom domains UX, no subscriber-tier management, fewer branding controls)
- No SLA reporting/analytics depth or team RBAC found in commercial offerings
- Scaling to thousands of monitors can strain the single SQLite/MariaDB backend
Bottom line
Both are a similar lift to self-host; choose Uptime Kuma for the larger community and ecosystem. Uptime Kuma has seen more recent development. Open each guide below for deploy steps and the full feature gap.
Gatus
Developer-oriented health dashboard with declarative YAML config and status pages
Uptime Kuma
Fancy self-hosted uptime monitoring with a beautiful dashboard and status pages