512 MB RAMamd64 / arm64 / armv7JavaScriptVery easyMITVersion 2.5.3
Instead of a subscription
Self-hosted alternatives to Better Uptime
Better Uptime checks whether your sites answer, escalates alerts through on-call rotations and publishes a status page. The monitor here runs the same checks and the same status page from a server you place yourself — including, if you choose, outside the network it watches.
Catalog
Recipes that cover it
Requirements
Side by side
| Application | Minimum RAM | Disk estimate | Database | Installation difficulty | Backup | Recipe verification | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uptime Kuma | 512 MB RAM | 2 GB | SQLite | Very easy | Yes · Restore tested | Fully verifiedRecheck overdue · 0 dCheck is current | MIT |
Migration
What changes when you host it yourself
The data stops leaving your network, and so does the responsibility for it: backups, the restore you have actually tested, and the disk it all sits on.
Feature parity is never exact. Read what each recipe states about limitations and the smoke test before planning a migration.
The bill turns into work: updates, certificates and an eye on the release notes. The catalog shows how much of that each recipe asks for.
Categories
Guides with these applications
- A home server that earns its keepSix recipes that turn a spare machine into something the household actually uses: a password vault, network-wide filtering, file sync, uptime checks and a media library.
- Everything that fits into 1 GB of RAMThe recipes that run comfortably on the cheapest VPS or an old thin client — what they cost in memory, and where the number stops being the whole story.
- What a Raspberry Pi can actually runRecipes with 32-bit ARM images and a memory budget a Pi can meet — plus the two hardware decisions that matter more than the application you pick.
- Knowing when your server stopsWhat the catalog offers for watching a home server today, what each of these services actually sees, and the blind spot none of them can cover on their own.