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web-check

by lissy93

Web-Check is a web tool that analyses any website and shows information about it, such as its server, DNS records, security settings and technologies. It is for checking how a site is set up and spotting weaknesses or privacy issues.

Worth a lookEstablished, with a few things to check (listed below).

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Stars
35.3k +8 a day
Licence
MIT
Runs on
A small server
Setup
Moderate
Language
TypeScript
Age
1219 days

What you can do with it

  • Look up a website's DNS records, IP address, server location and SSL certificate details
  • Check a site's security headers, open ports and firewall or HSTS settings
  • Review the technologies, cookies, redirects and linked pages a site uses

Make money with it

A freelancer could sell low-cost website security and configuration audits, using the results as the basis for a report and follow-up fixes.

An idea, not financial advice. Check the licence before charging for anything built on it.

Ways a business could use it

  • Run a quick health and security check on your own or a client's website before launch, instead of paying for separate audit tools
  • Offer basic website audit reports to clients as part of a web design or maintenance service

Can you use it commercially?

Free to use, change and sell, including in paid products. Keep the copyright notice.

Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.

Getting it running

The README was not available, but the project is a TypeScript web app that is usually run with Docker or Node, or used through a hosted demo; check the repository for exact steps.

Follow the official instructions in the project README.

Things to check

  • No README was available, so setup details are unconfirmed
  • Some checks may need optional third-party API keys
  • Only scan sites you own or have permission to test

Checked 27 Oct 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.

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