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

A new directory called FreeAPI.watch tracks 99 free public APIs with live uptime data updated hourly, reporting 51 alive, 6 dead or paid, and 42 currently broken as of July 16, 2026. The site ranks APIs by uptime, speed, and free-tier quality, and includes curated lists for LLM, AI image generation, stock photo, and no-signup APIs. The project aims to replace outdated GitHub lists like public-apis/public-apis, which a recent audit found to contain dead or paid APIs.

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I monitor 99 free public APIs hourly so you don't integrate dead ones
Image: Freeapi (auto-discovered)

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.

Categories #

Explore by use case #

— 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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