Openuptime vs Outage MCP
A side-by-side look at the Openuptime and Outage MCP MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
OpenuptimeMonitoring · Remote HTTP/SSEManage uptime monitors, incidents and status pages from any MCP client.52GoodAuth: not declaredVerdict: choose Openuptime for monitoring work over a hosted endpoint; choose Outage MCP for monitoring as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose Openuptime when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Monitoring domain.
- You prefer a remote HTTP/SSE transport.
- You have the keys it needs:
DATABASE_URL, BETTER_AUTH_SECRET, CRON_SECRET, POSTGRES_PASSWORD, PUBLIC_URL, BETTER_AUTH_URL, WEB_ORIGIN.
Choose Outage MCP when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Monitoring domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- You want tools like
whats_down, check_service, get_incident.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | Openuptime | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Monitoring | Monitoring |
| Quality signal | 52/100 · Good | 48/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Free | Not declared |
| Required env vars | DATABASE_URLBETTER_AUTH_SECRETCRON_SECRETPOSTGRES_PASSWORDPUBLIC_URLBETTER_AUTH_URLWEB_ORIGIN | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 13 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | 5 |
| Full listing | View Openuptime | View Outage MCP |
Tools & capabilities
Openuptime tools
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Outage MCP tools 5
whats_down"What's broken right now?" Active incidents first, then recently resolved.check_service"Is Stripe down?" Status and recent history for one service.get_incidentFull detail for one incident, including AI root-cause analysis when available.outage_stats"What broke most this week?" Leaderboard and totals.list_servicesThe 100+ services being monitored.
Ready-to-paste client configs
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
Openuptime
{
"mcpServers": {
"becoolme-openuptime": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"becoolme-openuptime"
],
"env": {
"DATABASE_URL": "YOUR_DATABASE_URL_HERE",
"BETTER_AUTH_SECRET": "YOUR_BETTER_AUTH_SECRET_HERE",
"CRON_SECRET": "YOUR_CRON_SECRET_HERE",
"POSTGRES_PASSWORD": "YOUR_POSTGRES_PASSWORD_HERE",
"PUBLIC_URL": "YOUR_PUBLIC_URL_HERE",
"BETTER_AUTH_URL": "YOUR_BETTER_AUTH_URL_HERE",
"WEB_ORIGIN": "YOUR_WEB_ORIGIN_HERE"
}
}
}
}
Outage MCP
{
"mcpServers": {
"outage-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"outage-mcp"
]
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
Openuptime is categorized under Monitoring and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. Outage MCP belongs to Monitoring and uses a local stdio subprocess. Pick Openuptime for monitoring work and Outage MCP for monitoring.
Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client.
Openuptime is listed as free. Outage MCP has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.
Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add becoolme-openuptime and outage-mcp as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Openuptime has a quality signal of 52/100 (Good) with 0 views, 0 installs and 13 GitHub stars. Outage MCP has 48/100 (Fair) with 0 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars.