# ⏱️ Uptime Kuma ## Description Uptime Kuma is a **self-hosted monitoring tool** for tracking service availability via HTTP, TCP, ping, and more. It provides a clean UI, alerting, and optional public status pages. ## Website https://uptimekuma.org ## Kubernetes Notes - Lightweight and easy to containerize - Requires **persistent storage** for history and configuration - Single instance recommended (no clustering) - Works well behind **Ingress with TLS** - Can monitor both **internal cluster services and external endpoints** - Complements Prometheus/Grafana rather than replacing them