Releasing .htaccess Punk—a Quick Helper to Check Redirects in .htaccess Files

Published on Mar 19, 2026, filed under tools, development, quality. (Share this post, e.g., on Mastodon or on Bluesky.)

What it says: Welcome .htaccess Punk (source), a package best used via npx that checks redirect targets in .htaccess files—because without checks, we may not know if the redirects are all (still) working 😬

To use it, run

npx htaccess-punk

in the respective directory.

You can also specify a directory, pass on flags like --errors/-e to just show failing redirects, and use .htaccess Punk programmatically.

The package can’t do “everything,” but if you have a suggestion (or if you run into a problem), please scream. Cheers!

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I’m Jens (long: Jens Oliver Meiert), and I’m an engineering lead, guerrilla philosopher, and indie publisher. I’ve worked as a technical lead and engineering manager at various companies, including Google; I’m an open-source developer and a contributor to web standards (like HTML, CSS, WCAG); and I write and review books for O’Reilly and Frontend Dogma.

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