Upptime
Upptime is a free, open-source uptime monitor and status website service built with GitHub Actions, Issues, and Pages.
What Upptime is
Upptime is a free, open-source uptime monitor and status website service built with GitHub Actions, Issues, and Pages. It checks configured websites as often as every five minutes and can track as many websites as desired. Checks support HTTP endpoints and TCP ports, with optional Globalping checks from selected locations. When an endpoint goes down, Upptime opens a GitHub issue and closes it after recovery; incidents shorter than 15 minutes are deleted by default. Response times are stored in Git history and shown in long-term graphs on a customizable static status page. Notifications can use Slack, Telegram, Discord, Zulip, Microsoft Teams, Gotify, custom webhooks, email, or SMS. Sensitive values can be kept in repository secrets with an explicit allowlist. The default setup uses approximately 3,000 GitHub Actions build minutes monthly; public repository minutes are unlimited, while private minutes are billed by GitHub.
Good
- Free and open source
- Checks websites every five minutes
- No stated website tracking limit
- Automatic GitHub issue incident handling
- Many notification channels
Watch out
- Private repository minutes are billed by GitHub
- Incidents under 15 minutes are removed by default
- Requires GitHub Actions, Issues, and Pages
- Self-hosted setup
Who it suits
Upptime suits individuals and teams that want GitHub-powered endpoint monitoring and a published status page. It is appropriate for users comfortable with self-hosted, repository-based operation.
Verdict
Upptime links monitoring, incident tracking, history, and status pages to GitHub services without a listed subscription cost. Its repository-based design and private-build billing should be considered when planning deployment.
Plans and prices
From Upptime's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Upptime | Free | Free and open-source · GitHub-powered |
The facts
Each one read from Upptime's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Alert channels
- Slack,Telegram,Discord,Zulip,Microsoft Teams,Gotify,custom webhooks,email,SMSchecked 19 Sep 2026
- Check types
- Configuration supports HTTP endpoints and TCP port checks, with optional Globalping checks from specified locations.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Endpoint capacity
- The documentation says you can track as many websites as you like.checked 11 Oct 2026
- False positive handling
- Incidents lasting less than 15 minutes are deleted instead of appearing in incident history by default.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Incident handling
- When an endpoint goes down, Upptime opens a GitHub issue and automatically closes it when the endpoint returns.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The project describes itself as a way for people and teams to monitor their endpoints and publish a status page.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Keyword monitoring
- Yeschecked 19 Sep 2026
- Monitoring
- GitHub Actions checks configured websites as often as every five minutes, the shortest supported interval.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Notifications
- Notification providers include Slack, Telegram, Discord, Zulip, Microsoft Teams, Gotify, custom webhooks, email, and SMS.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Private repositories
- Status pages for private repositories are not published by default; publishing them requires explicitly enabling the publish option.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Upptime is a free, open-source uptime monitor and status website service powered by GitHub Actions, Issues, and Pages.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Response history
- Upptime records response times in Git history and generates graphs of long-term trends.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- Sensitive values can be stored as GitHub repository secrets and restricted through an explicit secrets allowlist.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Server monitoring
- Yeschecked 19 Sep 2026
- Status page
- The generated static status website displays live status, incident history, and response-time graphs, and can be customized.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project lists GitHub Discussions, issue reporting, Stack Overflow, and an email address for feedback as support channels.checked 11 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2020checked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 19 Sep 2026
- Hosting cost limit
- The default setup uses approximately 3,000 GitHub Actions build minutes per month; public repositories get unlimited free build minutes, while private repository minutes are billed by GitHub.checked 11 Oct 2026
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