[Experiment] Install Uptime Kuma on Android device

Just for fun, you can use your old Android phone to monitor website.

1. Download Termux APK: https://f-droid.org/repo/com.termux_117.apk (PS: Do not download Termux from Google Play which is not updated)
2. Launch Termux App
3. Run these commands to install Uptime Kuma

pkg upgrade
pkg install clang make python nodejs-lts binutils git
npm install npm@6 -g

git clone https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma.git
cd uptime-kuma
npm run setup

node server/server.js

1. ifconfig to view the IP, and browse on your PC: http://192.168.1.X:3001

Tested with Snapdragon 652 CPU. The performance is actually good.

However, Android always kill apps unexpectedly. I don’t know Android system will kill Termux or not, so it is not a recommended method. Just for fun.

[Ponkhy]

Just tried it on a Snapdragon 865, it’s actually kinda funny and it runs really well! ^^

[milindpatel63]

Can confirm it’s working with latest version…

Been running on my old Nextbit Robin running android 11 based LineageOS…

I use Termux Boot to auto start the app on boot and keep wakelock… I also use Acca app to keep phone’s battery between 75-80%…

And I use Tasker to monitor battery levels and CPU temps and send notifications via pushbullet if they get low…

Also, continuous running had some network issues where uptime kuma was giving error name not resolved or some other error, so I just restart the phone using tasker around the same time when I update my docker containers in my server using watchtower…

Working amazing for several months now…