Canary
Now available for macOS

Know the second
your site goes down

Canary lives in your menu bar and watches your websites, APIs, and services around the clock. Beautiful dashboards. Instant alerts. Zero config servers.

Requires macOS 13 Ventura or later. Free tier available.

Canary — Uptime monitoring dashboard showing response time chart, sidebar with monitors

Everything you need.
Nothing you don't.

Canary gives you reliable, real-time uptime monitoring without the complexity of cloud platforms. It runs quietly in your menu bar.

HTTP & HTTPS Checks

Monitor any endpoint with GET, HEAD, or POST requests. Track status codes and response bodies to ensure your services are truly healthy.

Flexible Intervals

Choose from 30s, 1m, 5m, 15m, 30m, or 1h check intervals per monitor. Fast checks for production, relaxed checks for everything else.

Status Dashboard

See 24-hour, 7-day, and 30-day uptime percentages alongside a 24-hour response time chart. Favicons are fetched automatically for each site.

Instant Alerts

Get notified after 2 consecutive failures, and again when a service recovers. Includes slow response and SSL expiry warnings. The menu bar icon turns red so you never miss it.

SSL Expiry Monitoring

Know before your certificates expire. Canary tracks SSL expiry dates and warns you with configurable advance notice so you're never caught off guard.

Port Monitoring

Go beyond HTTP. Monitor databases, mail servers, Redis, and any TCP service by port. If a port goes silent, you'll know immediately.

WSJ monitor in down state showing DOWN badge and red stats

Instant down-state detection with clear visual indicators

WhatsApp monitor detail showing SSL certificate badge

SSL certificate expiry tracking at a glance

New Monitor dialog with keyword checking and interval options

Add a new monitor in seconds with flexible options

Menu bar dropdown showing red bird icon and monitor list

Always visible in your menu bar

Up and running in
under a minute

1

Add your endpoints

Enter a URL, pick HTTP or port, set your check interval. That's the entire setup.

2

Canary watches 24/7

It runs quietly in your menu bar, checking each service on schedule and logging every result.

3

Get alerted instantly

The menu bar icon turns red and a notification fires the moment something goes wrong. You'll know before your users do.

Google monitor detail with full response time chart

Detailed response time charts for every monitor

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  • Basic HTTP/HTTPS & port checks
  • macOS notifications
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