- name
- htaccess-toolkit
- description
- Generate, validate, lint, and explain Apache .htaccess files. Use when asked to create htaccess rules, redirect URLs, set security headers, enable caching, configure CORS, protect files, or audit existing .htaccess configurations. Triggers on "htaccess", "apache redirect", "mod_rewrite", "URL rewrite", "apache config", "browser caching", "hotlinking protection".
htaccess Toolkit
Generate, validate, lint, and explain Apache .htaccess files with security headers, caching, CORS, compression, and more.
Generate
# HTTPS redirect + security headers + compression
python3 scripts/htaccess.py generate --rewrites http-to-https --security strict --compression
# Full production setup
python3 scripts/htaccess.py generate \
--rewrites http-to-https www-to-non-www \
--security strict \
--caching standard \
--compression \
--protect directory-listing dotfiles sensitive-files \
--error-pages 404 500 \
-o .htaccess
# WordPress hardening
python3 scripts/htaccess.py generate --protect wp-config xmlrpc dotfiles --security strict
# CORS for specific domain
python3 scripts/htaccess.py generate --cors specific --domain example.com
# Custom redirects
python3 scripts/htaccess.py generate --redirects "/old-page -> /new-page" "/blog -> https://blog.example.com"
# Hotlinking protection
python3 scripts/htaccess.py generate --protect hotlinking --domain example.comLint
# Basic lint
python3 scripts/htaccess.py lint .htaccess
# Strict mode (exit 1 on errors, CI-friendly)
python3 scripts/htaccess.py lint .htaccess --strict
# Filter by severity
python3 scripts/htaccess.py lint .htaccess --severity error warning
# JSON output
python3 scripts/htaccess.py lint .htaccess -f jsonLint Checks (10 rules)
rewrite-no-engine— RewriteRule without RewriteEngine Onduplicate-rewrite-engine— Multiple RewriteEngine Onredirect-no-slash— Redirect path not starting with /missing-l-flag— RewriteRule without [L] flagmixed-redirect-rewrite— Mixing Redirect and RewriteRuleunclosed-ifmodule— Unclosed IfModule blocksunclosed-files— Unclosed Files/FilesMatch blockswildcard-cors— Wildcard origin with credentialsno-hsts— HTTPS without HSTS headeroptions-minus-indexes— Directory listing not disabled
Explain
# Human-readable explanation of each directive
python3 scripts/htaccess.py explain .htaccessList Presets
python3 scripts/htaccess.py presets
python3 scripts/htaccess.py presets -f jsonAvailable Presets
Rewrites: http-to-https, www-to-non-www, non-www-to-www, trailing-slash-add, trailing-slash-remove, remove-extension
Security: basic, strict
Caching: standard, aggressive
CORS: permissive, specific
Protection: directory-listing, dotfiles, sensitive-files, wp-config, xmlrpc, hotlinking
Error Pages: 404, 403, 500, 503