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Openshipvsuptime-kuma

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

Openshipuptime-kuma
Score67/10088/100
Rank in category#1 of 10 in PaaS#3 of 104 in Monitoring & observability
GitHub stars14 97293 035
Stars, last 30 days+102+1 288
Stable releases, 12 months1119
Latest releasev0.9.5 · 24 Oct 20262.5.8 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageTypescriptJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

uptime-kuma scores 88/100 against 67/100 for Openship, so it is the safer default.

uptime-kuma ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 11 for Openship.

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

uptime-kuma is growing faster right now (+1 288 stars in 30 days).

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