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I monitor 99 free public APIs hourly so you don't integrate dead ones

A developer-built directory monitors 99 free public APIs hourly for uptime, speed, and free-tier quality, reporting 51 alive, 6 dead or paid, and 42 broken as of July 2026. The site ranks APIs by reliability and response time, and publishes articles critiquing stale GitHub lists and comparing free API directories.

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I monitor 99 free public APIs hourly so you don't integrate dead ones
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The only directory of free public APIs with live uptime data — updated every hour.

51

Alive

6

Dead / Paid

42

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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— eight providers with genuine free tiers, comparedFree LLM & AI APIs— seven providers including Pollinations (no signup)** Free AI image generation APIs**— Unsplash, Pexels, Pixabay, Picsum, Openverse compared** Free stock photo APIs**— call the endpoint directly, no signup required** Free APIs with no API key**— genuine free tiers, zero billing risk** Free APIs with no credit card**— top 10 ranked by 30-day average from our checks** Most reliable free APIs by uptime**— top 10 by latest measured latency** Fastest free APIs by response time**— top 3 per category, curated from live data** Best free public APIs of 2026**

Recent events #

- 2026-07-16 03:00 —
**Frankfurter** went 🔴 Offline - 2026-07-16 02:30 —
**Blockchair API** went 🟢 Online - 2026-07-16 01:30 —
**Blockchair API** went 🔴 Offline - 2026-07-16 01:00 —
**Frankfurter** went 🟢 Online - 2026-07-16 00:30 —

IPinfo went 🟢 Online

Recent articles #

— Jun 4, 2026Why the GitHub public-apis List Is Broken in 2026 (And What to Use Instead)

An audit of the 350k-star public-apis/public-apis repo against live HTTP checks: 6 APIs prominently listed are dead or paid, dozens more are flaky. The breadth-vs-freshness trade-off, with data. - — May 17, 2026Free Public API Directories Compared: Which One to Use in 2026

An honest comparison of public-apis on GitHub, publicapis.io, and FreeAPI.watch. Different tools for different jobs. - — May 2, 2026Building a Weather App in 2026? Here's the Free API Stack I'd Use

Open-Meteo for forecasts, Nominatim for location lookup, Open-Meteo Air Quality for pollution data. Code snippets and gotchas included.

Tracking 99 APIs · last refreshed 2026-07-16 03:33 UTC

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