Keep a development API in view
Check endpoints reachable from your own Mac and recognize unexpected response codes without opening a dashboard.
For editors and testers
Your endpoints. One quick look.
Ping Light checks websites and HTTP APIs from the Mac menu bar, with expected-status rules, local history and failure/recovery notifications.
Product facts
- Native macOS app, macOS 13 or later. Version 1.0, build 4, is awaiting App Review; it is not yet publicly released.
- One-time purchase, no subscription or account. Planned U.S. price: $0.99; other storefronts use Apple's regional pricing.
- Per-endpoint HTTP method, expected response code, interval, timeout and supported authentication.
- Menu-bar status, recent results, response-time history and configurable failure/recovery notifications.
- Credentials use macOS Keychain. Import and export endpoint configurations as JSON; review URLs and request bodies before sharing.
- Monitoring requires an awake, connected Mac and a running app. Ping Light is not an always-on cloud uptime service.
Useful review angles
Define healthy, not just reachable
Configure the HTTP method and response code appropriate to each endpoint.
Follow failure and recovery
Inspect local history and configure macOS alerts, with notification permission and endpoint settings taken into account.
Images and icon
Native UI captures use illustrative .example endpoints. They demonstrate interface states, not an uptime measurement or a benchmark. The marketing frame illustrates the macOS menu bar.
Testing and contact
Start with a URL you control, verify the expected status, then observe a controlled failure and recovery. Check notification permission, network reachability and sleep behavior separately. See the setup guide and privacy policy.
For testing access, corrections or press questions: admin@raindigit.ie. Do not send bearer tokens, credentials or sensitive endpoint URLs.