mcp-uptime-kuma

io.github.DavidFuchs/mcp-uptime-kuma

7/8 checks passed
Runs locally
4 secrets
★ 62 GitHub stars
Updated 2026-10-20
Health score 74

About mcp-uptime-kuma

mcp-uptime-kuma is an MCP server published by the GitHub account DavidFuchs. A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Uptime Kuma version 2.

It runs on your own machine: your AI client starts it from the npm package @davidfuchs/mcp-uptime-kuma at version 0.12.1.

It asks for 4 secrets: UPTIME_KUMA_PASSWORD, UPTIME_KUMA_2FA_TOKEN, UPTIME_KUMA_JWT_TOKEN and UPTIME_KUMA_HEADERS. Give it a key with the least access that still works.

It also needs UPTIME_KUMA_URL set before it starts.

Version 0.12.1 was published on 20 October 2026, and the source code is public, so you can read it before installing.

Written from the registry entry. 9 automated checks on the registry entry and the package code: 7 pass, 1 warn, 0 fail, 1 info. How we check.

What it asks for

Variable	Required	Secret	Description
`UPTIME_KUMA_URL`	Yes	No	The URL of your Uptime Kuma instance
`UPTIME_KUMA_USERNAME`	No	No	Your Uptime Kuma username (not required if using JWT token authentication or if authentication is disabled)
`UPTIME_KUMA_PASSWORD`	No	Yes	Your Uptime Kuma password (not required if using JWT token authentication or if authentication is disabled)
`UPTIME_KUMA_2FA_TOKEN`	No	Yes	Your 2FA token (only required if two-factor authentication is enabled on your account)
`UPTIME_KUMA_JWT_TOKEN`	No	Yes	Your JWT token for authentication (takes precedence over username/password if provided)
`UPTIME_KUMA_HEADERS`	No	Yes	JSON object of extra HTTP headers sent on every request to Uptime Kuma, for reaching it through an authenticating proxy such as Cloudflare Access (e.g. {"CF-Access-Client-Id":"...","CF-Access-Client-Secret":"..."})

Checks

Check	Result	Detail
Source repository linked	Pass	https://github.com/DavidFuchs/mcp-uptime-kuma
Version pinned	Pass	Every package has an explicit version
Secrets requested	Warn	Asks for 4 secrets: UPTIME_KUMA_PASSWORD, UPTIME_KUMA_2FA_TOKEN, UPTIME_KUMA_JWT_TOKEN, UPTIME_KUMA_HEADERS
Known package registry	Pass	All packages come from npm, PyPI, OCI, NuGet or MCPB
Namespace ownership	Info	Name verified via GitHub account DavidFuchs
Registry text aimed at the AI	Pass	Description and settings contain no hidden characters or instructions to the AI
Install scripts	Pass	@davidfuchs/mcp-uptime-kuma@0.12.1 runs nothing at install
Code red flags	Pass	Read 48 files in @davidfuchs/mcp-uptime-kuma@0.12.1: no obfuscation, encoded execution, credential reads or data-collection endpoints found
Text aimed at the AI	Pass	No hidden characters or instructions to the AI in 48 files, including comments and the README

Popularity & health: 74 / 100

Worked out from public numbers and our own checks, not from user reviews or ratings. It says how used and how looked-after a server is, not whether it is safe.

Popularity19 / 40

63 GitHub stars, 775 downloads last week, 0 Hacker News posts (0 points). Best two of the three, each on a log scale.

Activity23 / 25

Last push 2026-10-27, last release 2026-10-20, 30 commits in 90 days.

Issue health15 / 15

28 closed of 28 issues.

Our checks16 / 20

1 warning, each costing a fifth.

25 forks, 74 merged pull requests. Sources: GitHub, npm, PyPI (pypistats.org) and Hacker News (Algolia), fetched 2026-10-31.

What people say

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Facts

Registry name	`io.github.DavidFuchs/mcp-uptime-kuma`
Publisher	GitHub account DavidFuchs
How the name is verified	Name verified via GitHub account DavidFuchs. The registry ties the name prefix to that account or domain; it does not check the code.
Type	Local: runs on your machine from a package
Packages	npm `@davidfuchs/mcp-uptime-kuma` 0.12.1 (stdio)
Version	0.12.1
Published	2026-10-20
Last updated	2026-10-20
Source repository	https://github.com/DavidFuchs/mcp-uptime-kuma
Website	None linked
Category	Analytics & monitoring (assigned by keyword rule, not by hand)

Install

Claude Desktop · npm package

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-uptime-kuma": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@davidfuchs/mcp-uptime-kuma@0.12.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "UPTIME_KUMA_URL": "<your value>"
      }
    }
  }
}

What these checks don't cover

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For people and their AI

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