Website Trust Checker

Website Trust Checker is a small CLI that checks basic trust signals for a website and prints a simple report card. It is useful for landing pages, indie products, client sites, and quick pre-launch reviews.

Features

• Normalizes bare domains like example.com to HTTPS.
• Checks HTTP status and HTTPS usage.
• Extracts page title and meta description.
• Looks for privacy policy, contact, and support signals.
• Checks for common security headers.
• Supports text and JSON output.
• Runs with no runtime dependencies.

Installation

git clone https://github.com/dnesdan/website-trust-checker.git
cd website-trust-checker
npm install

Usage

node ./bin/trust-check.js https://example.com

JSON output:

node ./bin/trust-check.js example.com --json

The CLI exits with code 1 when the score is below 70, which makes it useful in simple CI checks.

Example Output

Website Trust Report: https://example.com/
Score: 86/100

Title: Example Domain

Checks:
- OK Uses HTTPS
- OK HTTP status 200
- NO Links to a privacy policy

What It Checks

• HTTPS
• Successful HTTP status
• Useful title
• Meta description
• Privacy policy link
• Contact or support signal
• Basic security headers

This is not a vulnerability scanner or legal compliance tool. It is a fast first-pass trust checklist.

Development

npm test

Roadmap

• Broken link scan.
• Lighthouse-style performance hints.
• Accessibility quick checks.
• Markdown report export.

License

MIT