Comparison

Home Assistant vs Uptime Kuma

On the evidence we track, Uptime Kuma leads this comparison with a composite score of 50/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Machine formatsMarkdownJSONGraphQLMarkdown is open. JSON and GraphQL need a free key.
Home Assistant30
★Uptime Kuma50
Score
vioscaleAI score
Home Assistant30 / 100low · 38%
Uptime Kuma50 / 100medium · 52%
Pricing
Free tier
Home Assistant✓
Uptime Kuma✓
Model
Home Assistantopen_source
Uptime Kumaopen_source
Price level
Home Assistantfree
Uptime Kumafree
Integrations
Count
Home Assistant1,500
Uptime Kuma6
Adoption
Dependent repos
Home Assistant0
Uptime Kuma2
Github stars
Home Assistant227
Uptime Kuma92,397
Activity
Commits last 30d
Home Assistant0
Uptime Kuma54
Release
Cadence days
Home Assistant187
Uptime Kuma8
History
Home Assistant6 items
Uptime Kuma20 items
License
Spdx
Home AssistantMIT
Uptime KumaMIT
Language
Primary
Home AssistantSCSS
Uptime KumaJavaScript
Market
Availability
Home AssistantAvailable worldwide
Uptime Kuma–
Content
Faq
Home Assistant6 items
Uptime Kuma4 items

Features

The capabilities each product documents. These tools do not share a category taxonomy, so this aligns what each vendor states rather than a normalised feature set.

Declared feature comparison
FeatureHome AssistantUptime Kuma
Json schema assertions-✓
Self hostable-✓
Status page hosting-✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Home Assistant

A freely-available home automation solution that runs entirely on local hardware, allowing users to connect and control smart devices while keeping data on-premises and private.

Independently observed

Uptime Kuma

Leader

A self-hosted monitoring solution that tracks the availability of websites and services across multiple protocols and endpoints, with flexible alerting through numerous notification channels.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Home Assistant

Open source
as of verify ↗

Uptime Kuma

Leader
Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Home Assistant✗
Uptime Kuma✓
iOS
Home Assistant✓
Uptime Kuma✗
Android
Home Assistant✓
Uptime Kuma✗
Windows
Home Assistant✗
Uptime Kuma✓
Linux
Home Assistant✗
Uptime Kuma✓
Deployment
Self-hosted
Home Assistant✓
Uptime Kuma✓
On-premise
Home Assistant✗
Uptime Kuma✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (1)
  • Discord

Home Assistant

3 total - 2 not shared
  • Huawei LTE
  • NodeRed
Independently observed

Uptime Kuma

Leader
6 total - 5 not shared
  • Slack
  • Telegram
  • Gotify
  • Pushover
  • Email
Independently observed
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Home Assistant or Uptime Kuma: which one depends on you

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