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coolifyvsuptime-kuma

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

coolifyuptime-kuma
Score89/10088/100
Rank in category#1 of 14 in Platform as a Service#3 of 104 in Monitoring & observability
GitHub stars65 16993 034
Stars, last 30 days+2 967+1 287
Stable releases, 12 months4519
Latest releasev4.5.3 · 28 Oct 20262.5.8 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languagePHPJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

coolify scores 89/100 against 88/100 for uptime-kuma, so it is the safer default.

coolify ships more often: 45 stable releases in the past year, against 19 for uptime-kuma.

If you want the quickest setup, uptime-kuma is easier to run; coolify needs more configuration.

coolify is growing faster right now (+2 967 stars in 30 days).

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