Uptime Kuma vs Gitea
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 RatingG
Gitea
Painless self-hosted Git service — lightweight GitHub alternative
4.4
Editorial RatingQuick Comparison
Rating
4.7
vs4.4
Starting Price
Free
vsFree
Pricing Model
free
vsfree
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