Embeddable Status Badge

Show a live up / issues / down badge on your README, blog, status page, or anywhere else you can drop an image. The badge updates every 60 seconds from our monitoring infrastructure and links back to the full status page.

Live Demo

This is the badge for google.com:

google.com status badge

How to embed

Replace google.com with the domain you want to monitor. Any domain in our catalog works (we track 2,700+).

Markdown

For GitHub READMEs, GitLab, Reddit posts, and most static-site generators:

[![google.com status](https://isitdownchecker.com/api/badge/google.com.svg)](https://isitdownchecker.com/check/google.com)

HTML

For blog posts, dashboards, custom status pages:

<a href="https://isitdownchecker.com/check/google.com">
  <img src="https://isitdownchecker.com/api/badge/google.com.svg" alt="google.com status" />
</a>

BBCode (forums)

[url=https://isitdownchecker.com/check/google.com][img]https://isitdownchecker.com/api/badge/google.com.svg[/img][/url]

What the colors mean

  • Green / "up" — site is responding and crowd reports are at baseline.
  • Yellow / "issues" — site responds but user reports have spiked above baseline.
  • Red / "down" — confirmed HTTP failure or major report spike.

Caching & rate limits

Badges are cached at the edge for 60 seconds, so the same domain can be loaded by millions of viewers without hitting our origin. There are no per-IP rate limits on the badge endpoint — it's designed to be embedded freely.

Permitted use

You may embed the badge on any public or private page, with or without attribution. Each badge is wrapped in a link back to the corresponding /check/{domain} page on Is it down checker; we ask that you keep the link intact so readers can investigate when the badge turns yellow or red.

Questions? Email contact@isitdownchecker.com.