Website Status Checker
Monitor website uptime and availability
About the Website Status Checker
Is a website actually up, or is it just you? This Website Status Checker pings a URL from your browser and reports whether it responded, how quickly, and — with auto-refresh — keeps watching over time, building a small uptime history.
People reach for it during an outage to confirm a site is down for everyone, before reporting a problem, or to keep an eye on a service while waiting for it to recover. It measures the response time and labels the site up, slow, or down, and the auto-refresh option turns it into a lightweight monitor.
A technical note: browsers cannot read the response of a cross-origin request, so the checker detects reachability and timing rather than the site's true HTTP status code.
How to Use the Website Status Checker
- Enter the website URL (a protocol is added if you leave it off).
- Click Check Status.
- Read whether the site is up, slow, or down, along with its response time.
- Turn on auto-refresh to re-check every 30 seconds and build an uptime history.
Why Use ToolForge’s Website Status Checker
- It runs from your own browser with no account, giving an instant "is it up for me?" answer from your vantage point.
- An auto-refresh mode re-checks every 30 seconds and tracks an uptime percentage over recent checks.
- It distinguishes a slow response from a healthy one using measured response time, not just up or down.
- It is honest about browser limits: it confirms reachability and timing rather than claiming to read a status code it cannot access cross-origin.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does this tell me the exact HTTP status code?
Not reliably. Browser security hides the response details of cross-origin requests, so the checker infers that a site is reachable from whether the request succeeds, and measures how long it takes. It is a real availability and speed check, not a true status-code reader.
Why might a site show as down when it works in my browser?
Some servers block the kind of background request this tool makes, even though they serve pages normally to a browser tab. That can register as "down" here, so treat a single result alongside actually opening the site.
What does the uptime percentage mean?
With auto-refresh on, the tool records each check and shows the share that succeeded. It reflects availability during your monitoring session only — it is not a long-term uptime guarantee like a dedicated monitoring service provides.
What counts as a "slow" response?
The checker labels a site slow when its response takes longer than about a second, and up when it responds faster. Response time depends on the server, your connection, and distance to the host, so occasional slow readings are normal.
