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.)

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 (e.g., Google); I’m an active web and tool developer (code optimization, digital defense), a contributor to web standards (like HTML, CSS, WCAG), and a book author (O’Reilly, Frontend Dogma).

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