Free Public APIs — Live Status & Uptime
The only directory of free public APIs with live uptime data — updated every hour.
102
Alive
Alive
10
Dead / Paid
Dead / Paid
1
Broken now
Broken now
Built for developers who need a free API that actually works today. We ping every tracked API hourly and surface uptime, speed, and free-tier quality in a single ranked list — no five-year-old GitHub lists with broken links.
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Tracking 113 APIs · last refreshed 2026-07-24 12:43 UTC