Uptime Kuma vs Forgejo
Detailed comparison to help you choose the right tool for your needs
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Uptime Kuma
Self-hosted monitoring tool — fancy alternative to Uptime Robot
4.7
Editorial RatingQuick Comparison
Rating
4.7
vs4.5
Starting Price
Free
vsFree
Pricing Model
free
vsfree
Feature
Uptime Kuma
Forgejo
HTTP/TCP/DNS monitoring
Docker monitoring
Status pages
90+ notifications
Multi-language
Certificate expiry monitoring
Git hosting
Issue tracking
Pull requests
CI/CD Actions
Package registry
OAuth2/OIDC
Uptime Kuma Pros
- Beautiful, modern UI
- 90+ notification channels
- Easy Docker setup
- Completely free
Uptime Kuma Cons
- Self-hosted only — no cloud option
- Single-node (no distributed monitoring)
- No built-in incident management
Forgejo Pros
- Community-governed fork of Gitea
- GitHub Actions compatible CI
- Lightweight single binary
- Active development
- No corporate ownership
- Federation support coming
Forgejo Cons
- Smaller community than Gitea
- Fewer third-party integrations
- Documentation still maturing
- Some Gitea plugins may not be compatible
- Less name recognition