static site checker

introduction

ssc (static site checker) is an opinionated HTML nitpicker, intended for people, like its author, who hand code websites.

It doesn’t just check static sites for broken links, dubious syntax, and bad semantic data, it will actively complain about things that are perfectly legal but rather untidy—like its author.

Except when serving CGI queries, it recursively scans your chosen directory seeking HTML & related files to verify. It produces a list of errors, warnings, and other hints of imperfection. Scripts are ignored.

It should not be used on untrusted content; its parsers are holier than Robin’s cow.

current downloads

• Windows 10/11 x64 installer
• Windows 10/11 ARM64 installer
• Mac ARM app (zipped)
• Mac Intel app (zipped)
• source

WARNING: these downloads are unsigned (an issue being addressed). If that worries you, the current source is also available on github, where you can grab it to build ssc yourself.

Older source versions can be downloaded from this page.

gen

• about ssc
• why ssc was written
• usage guidelines
• configuration files
• command line arguments
• release notes, binaries & source code
• build notes
• (GUI help files)

Dylan Harris
March 2025