SSL Certificate Checker Online Free

Inspect any domain’s SSL certificate in one click. Get the issuer, expiry date, days remaining, key size, signature algorithm, version, serial number, and every Subject Alternative Name, fetched live by connecting to port 443 and parsing the X.509 certificate.

How to Check an SSL Certificate

1

Enter the Domain

Type any domain like example.com or paste a full URL.

2

Read the Status Banner

See an instant status banner: valid, expiring soon, or invalid.

3

Inspect the Detail Sections

Read the issuer, expiry date, key size, and full SAN list.

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See SSL Health Before Your Visitors Do

An expired SSL cert breaks every page on a site, blocks payments, and wrecks search rankings. The checker shows expiry date, issuer, key size, and full SAN list in one scan, so renewal never sneaks up on you.

Run it monthly on every domain you operate, and add 30-day-before-expiry alerts for the ones you cannot afford to drop.

Why Use Our SSL Checker?

Live TLS Handshake

The tool opens a real TLS connection to your domain on port 443, captures the peer certificate during the handshake, and parses it via OpenSSL. So you see the actual certificate the server presents, not a cached database lookup that may be days out of date.

Smart Expiry Status

A colored status banner instantly classifies the certificate: green if valid with 30+ days left, amber if it expires in 8-30 days, red if it expires in 7 days or less, and red-fail if it is already expired. Use this in monitoring runbooks to catch renewals before they go down.

Full Certificate Detail

Get every detail in one report: validity window, issuer CN + organization, subject CN + organization, signature algorithm (e.g. SHA256-RSA), public key size in bits, serial number, certificate version (X.509 v3), and the complete list of Subject Alternative Names, rendered as monospace pills.

No Login Required

No account, no API key, no rate limit nags. Submit any public domain, get a complete certificate audit. Works for your own sites, your competitors, your customers, or any domain you need to verify before a launch.

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about SSL certificates and this checker.

What is a Subject Alternative Name (SAN)?
A SAN is an additional hostname that the certificate is valid for. Modern certificates almost always have multiple SANs, for example a certificate issued to example.com will typically also list www.example.com. Wildcard certs use entries like *.example.com to cover every subdomain. The full SAN list is what determines which hostnames a browser will accept the certificate for.
Why does the tool show a warning even though my browser shows a green padlock?
The warning band is purely about expiry, anything under 30 days gets an amber heads-up to encourage early renewal even though browsers happily trust the certificate. Letsencrypt renewal cycles are 90 days; commercial certs are typically 12 months. Catching the warning early gives you breathing room before the cron job rolls or the customer needs reminding.
Why does Connection Failed sometimes happen?
A few common causes: the domain only listens on port 80 (no HTTPS at all), the server is geo-blocking or IP-blocking the connection from our region, or the TLS handshake is timing out due to network issues between our server and theirs. Try the domain in your browser; if the padlock is fine there but our tool times out, IP filtering is the most likely culprit.
Is anything stored on a server?
No. Each check is a single TLS handshake from our server to your domain, no database write, no logging of the domain you submit, no account required. The certificate parse happens inline and the result renders in your browser only.
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