I can get a list of instlled applications but how do I get the status using Jython?
I dont think there is any direct method to get the application running status, You can get the object from the AdminControl using the following code
serverstatus = AdminControl.completeObjectName('type=Application,name='your_application_name',*')
print serverstatus
If serverstatus
returns null, then the application is not running, if the application is running then the details of the applications would be printed.