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Jellyfin vs Uptime Kuma

Technical hardware and popularity breakdown for self-hosting Jellyfin and Uptime Kuma on cloud VPS servers.

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Candidate A

Jellyfin

jellyfin/jellyfin
★ 0

Free Software media system that puts you in control of managing and streaming movies, music, and TV shows.

Min RAM
2 GB
CPU Cores
2 vCPU
Disk Storage
50 GB
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Candidate B

Uptime Kuma

louislam/uptime-kuma
★ 0

Self-hosted monitoring tool with status pages, ping, HTTP(s), DNS, Docker container checks, and 90+ alert notifications.

Min RAM
512 MB
Lower RAM
CPU Cores
1 vCPU
Disk Storage
10 GB
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Full Technical Benchmark Breakdown

Specification Jellyfin Uptime Kuma Advantage
Primary Category media devops —
Minimum RAM Required 2 GB 512 MB Uptime Kuma (1.5 GB lighter)
GitHub Stars ★ 0 ★ 0 Jellyfin (+0 stars)
GitHub Forks 0 0 Jellyfin
License FOSS FOSS Open-Source
Primary Language N/A N/A —
Docker Image jellyfin/jellyfin:latest louislam/uptime-kuma:1 Both Container Ready
Multi-App Server Sizing

Can You Run Both Jellyfin & Uptime Kuma Together?

Yes! Running both simultaneously requires approximately 4 GB RAM including host OS and Docker daemon buffers. A single standard $6-$10/mo cloud VPS easily hosts both without bottlenecks.

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