webstat

Fast website status checker, recovery watcher, and desktop reminder for Linux and Omarchy.

webstat is designed to solve a simple, frustrating problem: a website or service you are trying to use is down or failing to respond, and you don't want to keep pressing F5 / Ctrl+R manually. You enter the site name; webstat checks its status immediately, monitors it in the background if it's down, and reminds you the instant it comes back online with an actionable desktop notification and automatic browser launch.

Features

• Instant Check: Quick one-shot diagnosis (webstat github.com or webstat check mysite.org).
• Foreground Watch Mode: Real-time updating terminal status (webstat watch downsite.com).
• Desktop Recovery Notification: Dispatches native Omarchy desktop notifications (omarchy notification send) or standard notify-send.
• One-Click Browser Launch: Click the notification or use the --open flag to automatically open the site in your default browser once it recovers.
• Persistent Watchlist: Queue sites for background monitoring (webstat add, webstat list, webstat remove).
• Omarchy Shell Integration: Native top-bar widget and interactive management panel.
• SSL Certificate Expiry Warnings: Alerts if TLS certificates are expiring soon.

Installation

CLI Installation

# Recommended: Install from PyPI via pipx
pipx install webstat
# or standard pip:
pip install webstat

# Or install from source:
git clone https://github.com/h45sh/webstat.git
cd webstat
pip install .

Omarchy Shell Plugin Installation

# Add and enable the plugin in Omarchy
omarchy plugin add https://github.com/h45sh/omarchy-webstat.git --enable

Or for local development from this monorepo:

cp -r plugin ~/.config/omarchy/plugins/h45sh.webstat
omarchy plugin enable h45sh.webstat

Usage

Quick Status Check

webstat github.com
webstat check httpbin.org/status/503 --watch

Watching a Site Until Recovery

# Watch until online and automatically open in browser
webstat watch mysite.com --open

# Watch multiple sites concurrently
webstat watch github.com api.mycorp.internal staging.service.io

Background Watchlist Management

# Add a site to monitor in background
webstat add api.myservice.com --open

# View current status of all monitored sites
webstat list

# Refresh and test all watched sites immediately
webstat refresh

# Remove a site
webstat remove api.myservice.com

# Clear all watched sites
webstat clear

# Run background watcher daemon directly
webstat daemon

License

MIT © h45sh