UptimeKit: Lightweight Alternative to Uptime Kuma
Sometimes you just want an uptime monitor that works — no complex setup, no reverse proxies, no portals. Just plug it in and see your sites stay green 🟢.
In this video, I’ll show you how to set up UptimeKit, a beautifully simple, open-source uptime monitoring dashboard. It’s lightweight, fast, and packed with just the right features — including real-time checks, response time charts, and color-coded status indicators.
We’ll go through:
⚙️ How to deploy it using Docker Compose
📊 Exploring the real-time dashboard
🔧 Adding HTTP, DNS, and ICMP monitors
🌙 Switching between light and dark mode
🧠 Why it’s a perfect self-hosted alternative to Uptime Kuma, Better Uptime, and StatusCake
No Portainer. No Nginx Proxy Manager. Just Docker, and done.
Chapters:
0:00 - Welcome to SYNACK Time
0:40 - Skip the chit chat
4:09 - Install time!
11:05 - Wrappin' it up!
Resources:
UptimeKIt github - https://github.com/abhixdd/UptimeKit
SYNACK Time - https://synacktime.com
SYNACK Time github - https://github.com/SynAckTime/
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