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openHABvsuptime-kuma

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

openHABuptime-kuma
Score66/10088/100
Rank in category#11 of 104 in Home Automation#3 of 104 in Monitoring & observability
GitHub stars1 16093 036
Stars, last 30 days+18+1 289
Stable releases, 12 months019
Latest release—2.5.8 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseEPL-2.0MIT
Main languageJavaJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

uptime-kuma scores 88/100 against 66/100 for openHAB, so it is the safer default.

uptime-kuma ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for openHAB.

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

uptime-kuma is growing faster right now (+1 289 stars in 30 days).

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