Openuptime vs Sentinel
A side-by-side look at the Openuptime and Sentinel 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 Sentinel for monitoring over a hosted endpoint. 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 Sentinel when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Monitoring domain.
- You prefer a remote HTTP/SSE transport.
- You want tools like
get-uptime-summary-tool, get-attention-items-tool, list-monitors-tool.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | Openuptime | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Monitoring | Monitoring |
| Quality signal | 52/100 · Good | 52/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | Remote HTTP/SSE |
| 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 | 1 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | 17 |
| Full listing | View Openuptime | View Sentinel |
Tools & capabilities
Openuptime tools
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Sentinel tools 17
get-uptime-summary-tool"Is anything down right now?"get-attention-items-tool"What needs my attention this morning?"list-monitors-toolInspect monitors, filter and searchlist-incidents-toolReview outages and their timelinesget-performance-history-toolResponse-time trends per monitorget-dns-history-toolDNS record changes over timelist-expiring-certificates-tool"Which SSL certificates expire soon?"list-status-pages-toolPublic status pages in the teamlist-groups-toolMonitor groups (the dashboard's grouped view)list-team-members-toolWho has access: role, 2FA state, last sign-incheck-url-toolOn-demand check of any URL from every regioncreate-monitor-toolManage monitors- +5 more on the listing page
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"
}
}
}
}
Sentinel
{
"mcpServers": {
"sentinel-2": {
"url": "https://sentinel.rootstuff.io/mcp/sentinel"
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
Openuptime is categorized under Monitoring and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. Sentinel belongs to Monitoring and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. Pick Openuptime for monitoring work and Sentinel 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. Sentinel 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 sentinel-2 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. Sentinel has 52/100 (Good) with 0 views, 0 installs and 1 GitHub stars.