DownStatus
Real-time status for GitHub, AWS, Discord and 90+ services.
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What is DownStatus?
DownStatus is an API delivering real-time status updates for GitHub, AWS, Discord and more than 90 other services.
It is useful for developers and monitoring tools that track third-party service availability.
What you can build with DownStatus
Build a service health dashboard
Pull real-time status for GitHub, AWS and Discord into an internal dashboard to show current uptime at a glance.
Automate outage alerts
Query the API on a schedule and trigger Slack or email notifications when any of the 90+ tracked services go down.
Track multi-provider reliability
Aggregate status responses across services to compare historical uptime without building your own polling infrastructure.
Get started with DownStatus
- 1Choose an endpoint for a supported service (e.g. /status/github)
- 2Make a simple HTTPS GET request—no key or token needed
- 3Parse the JSON response to read current status and last-updated time
- 4Add the call to your monitoring script or application
- 5Repeat for additional services as needed
DownStatus: pros & cons
Pros
- +No authentication required
- +HTTPS only, secure by default
- +Covers 90+ popular services in one place
- +Simple JSON responses
Cons
- –Rate-limit policy not documented
- –Only returns status for listed services
- –No historical data or custom checks
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A public API that returns real-time status information for GitHub, AWS, Discord and over 90 other services.
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