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Uptime-Kuma-Web-APIvsValkey

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

Uptime-Kuma-Web-APIValkey
Score39/10081/100
Rank in category#12 of 13 in API#3 of 38 in Databases
GitHub stars28227 552
Stars, last 30 days+0+265
Stable releases, 12 months022
Latest release—9.0.7 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
License—BSD-3-Clause
Main languagePythonC

Which one should you pick?

Valkey scores 81/100 against 39/100 for Uptime-Kuma-Web-API, so it is the safer default.

Valkey ships more often: 22 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Uptime-Kuma-Web-API.

If you want the quickest setup, Valkey is easier to run; Uptime-Kuma-Web-API needs more configuration.

Valkey is growing faster right now (+265 stars in 30 days).

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