# I monitor 99 free public APIs hourly so you don't integrate dead ones > Source: > Published: 2026-07-16 15:04:28+00:00 # Free Public APIs — Live Status & Uptime 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, compared**Free 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, 2026**Why 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, 2026**Free 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, 2026**Building 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