Upptime

Spec sheet

Purpose

Upptime is a free, open-source uptime monitor and status website service powered by GitHub Actions, Issues, and Pages.Read 11 Oct 2026 · upptime.js.org

Intended users

The project describes itself as a way for people and teams to monitor their endpoints and publish a status page.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Free plan

YesRead 19 Sep 2026 · upptime.js.org

Security

Sensitive values can be stored as GitHub repository secrets and restricted through an explicit secrets allowlist.Read 11 Oct 2026 · upptime.js.org

Support

The project lists GitHub Discussions, issue reporting, Stack Overflow, and an email address for feedback as support channels.Read 11 Oct 2026 · upptime.js.org

Founded

2020Read 28 Sep 2026 · upptime.js.org

Alert channels

Slack,Telegram,Discord,Zulip,Microsoft Teams,Gotify,custom webhooks,email,SMSRead 19 Sep 2026 · upptime.js.org

Check types

Configuration supports HTTP endpoints and TCP port checks, with optional Globalping checks from specified locations.Read 11 Oct 2026 · upptime.js.org

Endpoint capacity

The documentation says you can track as many websites as you like.Read 11 Oct 2026 · upptime.js.org

False positive handling

Incidents lasting less than 15 minutes are deleted instead of appearing in incident history by default.Read 11 Oct 2026 · upptime.js.org

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.Read 11 Oct 2026 · upptime.js.org

Incident handling

When an endpoint goes down, Upptime opens a GitHub issue and automatically closes it when the endpoint returns.Read 11 Oct 2026 · upptime.js.org

Keyword monitoring

YesRead 19 Sep 2026 · upptime.js.org

Monitoring

GitHub Actions checks configured websites as often as every five minutes, the shortest supported interval.Read 11 Oct 2026 · upptime.js.org

Notifications

Notification providers include Slack, Telegram, Discord, Zulip, Microsoft Teams, Gotify, custom webhooks, email, and SMS.Read 11 Oct 2026 · upptime.js.org

Private repositories

Status pages for private repositories are not published by default; publishing them requires explicitly enabling the publish option.Read 11 Oct 2026 · upptime.js.org

Response history

Upptime records response times in Git history and generates graphs of long-term trends.Read 11 Oct 2026 · upptime.js.org

Server monitoring

YesRead 19 Sep 2026 · upptime.js.org

Status page

The generated static status website displays live status, incident history, and response-time graphs, and can be customized.Read 11 Oct 2026 · upptime.js.org

Plans and prices

Every Upptime plan and price →

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