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Gatus vs Upptime

A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted monitoring & status options — licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one replaces.

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Gatus Developer-oriented health dashboard and status page VS UP Upptime GitHub-powered uptime monitor and status page
FeatureGatusUpptime
Deploy effortUnder-an-hour setup≈5-minute setup
Health score94 · Excellent76 · Good
CategoryMonitoring & StatusMonitoring & Status
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
LanguageGoMarkdown
Setup difficultyEasyEasy
Min. RAM64 MB64 MB
Deploymentdocker, binaryone-click, source
GitHub stars★ 12,145★ 17,168
First released20192020
ReplacesUptimeRobot, PingdomStatuspage, Pingdom

What are Gatus and Upptime?

Gatus

Gatus is a developer-oriented health dashboard that monitors endpoints and exposes a status page driven by simple YAML config. It targets engineers wanting a config-as-code uptime monitor. It is deployed via Docker or a single binary.

  • Configuration entirely as YAML
  • Health checks and conditions
  • Many alerting providers
  • Tiny resource footprint

Read the full Gatus guide →

Upptime

Upptime is an uptime monitor and status page powered entirely by GitHub Actions and Issues. It runs checks on a schedule, opens issues for downtime, and publishes a status page with no server required.

  • Runs on GitHub Actions
  • Auto-generated status page
  • Downtime issues and alerts
  • No servers to maintain

Read the full Upptime guide →

Gatus vs Upptime: key differences

Gatus is written in Go, while Upptime is built with Markdown. Licensing differs — Apache-2.0 for Gatus versus MIT for Upptime. Gatus lists first-class Docker deployment; Upptime does not.

Why pick each one

Choose Gatus if…

  • Config as code
  • Extremely lightweight
  • Easy to version control

Watch out for

  • No UI-based editing
  • Basic visualizations
Gatus details

Choose Upptime if…

  • Completely free hosting
  • Zero infrastructure

Watch out for

  • Tied to GitHub
  • Check interval limited by Actions
Upptime details

Frequently asked questions

Is Gatus or Upptime better?

Neither is universally better. Upptime has the larger community; both share a easy setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.

Are Gatus and Upptime free and open-source?

Yes. Gatus is licensed under Apache-2.0 and Upptime under MIT. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.

Can I run Gatus and Upptime with Docker?

Gatus: yes. Upptime: check the project docs for container support.

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