Uptime Kuma vs Gitea

Detailed comparison to help you choose the right tool for your needs

U

Uptime Kuma

Self-hosted monitoring tool — fancy alternative to Uptime Robot

4.7
Editorial Rating
G

Gitea

Painless self-hosted Git service — lightweight GitHub alternative

4.4
Editorial Rating

Quick Comparison

Rating

4.7
vs
4.4

Starting Price

Free
vs
Free

Pricing Model

free
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free
Feature
Uptime Kuma
Gitea
HTTP/TCP/DNS monitoring
Docker monitoring
Status pages
90+ notifications
Multi-language
Certificate expiry monitoring
Git hosting
Issue tracking
CI/CD Actions
Package registry
Code review
Low resource usage

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

Gitea Pros

  • Extremely lightweight — runs on a Raspberry Pi
  • GitHub-compatible CI/CD Actions
  • Easy single-binary install
  • Active community

Gitea Cons

  • Smaller ecosystem than GitHub/GitLab
  • Fewer built-in DevOps features
  • No cloud-hosted option from Gitea team

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