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Mesheryvsuptime-kuma

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

Mesheryuptime-kuma
Score73/10088/100
Rank in category#2 of 7 in Kubernetes#3 of 104 in Monitoring & observability
GitHub stars12 07293 034
Stars, last 30 days+51+1 287
Stable releases, 12 months1219
Latest releasev1.0.74 · 22 Oct 20262.5.8 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageTypescriptJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

uptime-kuma scores 88/100 against 73/100 for Meshery, so it is the safer default.

uptime-kuma ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 12 for Meshery.

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

uptime-kuma is growing faster right now (+1 287 stars in 30 days).

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