---
title: "Is GitHub down right now? Live status, or is it you?"
url: "https://kilobat.app/is-github-down"
description: "GitHub not loading? See GitHub’s status page live, then tell an outage from your own Wi-Fi, DNS or network, with Kilobat’s free Mac checks."
---

Is it down? · Developers

# Is GitHub down right now?

The card here reads GitHub’s status page live. If it reports no problems, the fault is probably on your side, and Kilobat finds where.

Official status: [githubstatus.com ↗](https://www.githubstatus.com)

[Download for Mac ↓](https://kilobat.app/downloads/Kilobat-1.33.1.dmg?via=site)

```
brew install seifip/kilobat/kilobat
```

GitHub

githubstatus.com

Live status

This card reads GitHub’s status page live when JavaScript is on. If nothing appears, open the page below.

[Open githubstatus.com ↗](https://www.githubstatus.com)

## Sound familiar?

- “Is GitHub down, or is it just me?”
- “GitHub won’t load, but everything else does.”
- “It works on my phone, but not on my Mac.”
- “Should I restart the router, or wait it out?”

## Your connection, or their outage?

What you notice says a lot about which side the problem is on. Kilobat checks both sides and says which.

1. ### Only GitHub fails; everything else loads

   An outage at GitHub, or something on the path to it only: DNS, a VPN or proxy, a blocked host.

   Why can’t it connect? checks every layer to github.com, then GitHub’s status page. If the page reports an outage and nothing on your side failed, it says “GitHub is down for everyone, not you”. Free:
2. ### GitHub fails on this network, but works on mobile data

   This network: an office, school, hotel or country rule, or its DNS.

   Kilobat compares this network’s DNS with one encrypted lookup and tests the secure connection, then says “looks blocked on this network, not down”, with what it measured. Free:
3. ### Everything is slow, GitHub included

   Your own line: Wi-Fi, the router, your provider or DNS. Not GitHub.

   Router and internet latency side by side show whether your own line is slow. Pro names the failing link, Wi-Fi, router, internet or DNS, with a fix. Free: Pro:
4. ### GitHub’s status page is green, but GitHub still fails

   The path from your Mac to GitHub: DNS, a VPN or proxy, IPv6, or the server’s answer.

   “GitHub’s status page reports no problems”, then the layer that broke and what to try next. Free:

## Six links between you and GitHub.

GitHub loads only if every step works. A status page covers the last one; Kilobat checks the five before it too.

1. **Your Mac**A VPN, proxy or app in the way
2. **Wi-Fi**Signal, noise and band
3. **Router**Latency and loss to it
4. **Provider**Latency and loss beyond it
5. **DNS**Whether github.com resolves, and how fast
6. **GitHub**GitHub’s status page, read live

Why can’t it connect? Free:

## One check, both sides.

Name GitHub and Kilobat checks your Wi-Fi, DNS, VPN and proxy, the connection and the server’s answer, then asks GitHub’s status page. When the page reports an outage and nothing on your side failed, the verdict leads with it. When your Mac is the problem, it says so first.

Terminal

```
# Is it them? GitHub’s status page
$ kilobat down github
# Or me? Every layer from this Mac to GitHub
$ kilobat why github.com
```

**Why can’t it connect?** Kilobat tests the request and path the app itself uses, its own proxy, IPv6 and tunnels included, and names the layer that broke.

What Kilobat watches

## How Kilobat knows it’s GitHub.

Kilobat matches apps and sites to the right status page by bundle ID and domain, so a failing GitHub points at GitHub’s status page, not a guess.

### Status page

[githubstatus.com](https://www.githubstatus.com)

### On your Mac

The GitHub app, by its bundle ID.

### Sites and hosts

- `github.com`
- `githubusercontent.com`
- `githubassets.com`
- `ghcr.io`
- `github.dev`

### Counts only

- Git Operations
- API Requests
- Webhooks
- Issues
- Pull Requests
- Actions
- Packages
- Pages
- Codespaces

Kilobat counts GitHub’s core components, such as Git operations, API requests, Actions and Pages. Copilot has its own page here.

The same status page also covers [GitHub Copilot](https://kilobat.app/is-copilot-down).

If GitHub won’t connect

## What GitHub needs from your network.

Most networks pass HTTPS but some block SSH on port 22, so `git push` fails while github.com loads.

- GitHub accepts SSH on port 443 at `ssh.github.com`. Test it with `ssh -T -p 443 git@ssh.github.com`.
- To use it for every push, set `Hostname ssh.github.com`, `Port 443` and `User git` under `Host github.com` in `~/.ssh/config`.
- GitHub needs TCP 22, 80 and 443. Its address ranges are in `api.github.com/meta`, but GitHub advises against allowlisting by address because they change.

From GitHub’s own help pages, listed under Sources. Kilobat’s [guides](https://kilobat.app/guides) cover DNS, VPN and proxy trouble on a Mac.

## What’s free, and what Pro adds

### Free, for good Free:

- Is it them or me? Status pages for 72 services, GitHub included
- The outage at the top of Health, and in a connection check
- A notification per outage while an app keeps failing
- Whether the calling service had an outage, on every call card
- `kilobat down`, `kilobat why` and the MCP tool `service_status`
- Blocked on this network, or not available in your region, said as measured

### Pro, $29 once Pro:

- Findings with a fix for router, DNS and login-page trouble
- Possible causes of call freezes
- Outage and latency history for your own line
- Signal radar and channel crowding

Pro is $29 once for two Macs, with a 7-day free trial and 14-day refunds. [Free for students](https://kilobat.app/students).

## Questions

**Is GitHub down right now?**

The official answer is GitHub’s status page, [githubstatus.com](https://www.githubstatus.com), which GitHub’s team updates. The card at the top of this page reads it live in your browser and repeats only what it says.

**Why does GitHub work for other people but not for me?**

When GitHub’s status page reports no problems, the cause is usually on your side or on the way: your Wi-Fi or router, your provider, DNS, a VPN or proxy, or a network that blocks it. Try mobile data: if GitHub works there, your network is the problem. Kilobat checks each of these and names the one that failed.

**What does Kilobat check for GitHub?**

Connections from the GitHub app, and the sites github.com, githubusercontent.com, githubassets.com and more, matched to GitHub’s status page, counting only the components Git Operations, API Requests, Webhooks, Issues and others. It checks your own line first, then asks the page.

**Will Kilobat tell me when GitHub has an outage?**

Yes. When GitHub keeps failing to connect while your own line is fine, and GitHub’s status page reports trouble, you get one notification per incident. Turn it off in Settings.

**Does GitHub’s status page cover all of GitHub?**

Kilobat counts GitHub’s core components, such as Git operations, API requests, Actions and Pages. Copilot has its own page here.

**Does it send anything about me?**

No. It sends a plain request to the status page, with no cookies and nothing about you, your network or your apps. Read the [privacy notice](https://kilobat.app/privacy).

**Is it free?**

Yes: the status checks, the notifications and Why can’t it connect? are free. Kilobat Pro, $29 once, adds findings with a fix for your own network, possible causes of call freezes and history.

## Other services Kilobat checks

- [Is GitHub Copilot down?](https://kilobat.app/is-copilot-down)
- [Is GitLab down?](https://kilobat.app/is-gitlab-down)
- [Is Bitbucket down?](https://kilobat.app/is-bitbucket-down)
- [Is npm down?](https://kilobat.app/is-npm-down)
- [Is Docker down?](https://kilobat.app/is-docker-down)
- [Is Postman down?](https://kilobat.app/is-postman-down)
- [Is Vercel down?](https://kilobat.app/is-vercel-down)
- [Is Netlify down?](https://kilobat.app/is-netlify-down)
- [Is Supabase down?](https://kilobat.app/is-supabase-down)
- [Is Cloudflare down?](https://kilobat.app/is-cloudflare-down)

[All 72 services, live](https://kilobat.app/service-status) · [How Kilobat tells an outage from your connection](https://kilobat.app/is-it-down) · [Slow internet on a Mac](https://kilobat.app/slow-internet-mac)

## Sources

- [GitHub’s status page](https://www.githubstatus.com)
- [GitHub’s status page: the feed Kilobat reads](https://www.githubstatus.com/api/v2/summary.json)
- [GitHub Docs: Using SSH over the HTTPS port](https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/troubleshooting-ssh/using-ssh-over-the-https-port)
- [GitHub Docs: About GitHub’s IP addresses](https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/about-githubs-ip-addresses)

Checked on 6 November 2026.

## Next time GitHub stalls, know whose problem it is.

[Download for Mac ↓](https://kilobat.app/downloads/Kilobat-1.33.1.dmg?via=site)

```
brew install seifip/kilobat/kilobat
```