Website Best-Practice Linter for Developer Workflows
C6/10May 31, 2026
WhatAn open-core CLI and GitHub Action that validates websites against a curated, opinionated subset of web standards — outputting pass/fail checks like a code linter, not a sprawling checklist.
SignalDevelopers in the discussion explicitly asked for the specification to be converted into runnable validation scripts, and multiple commenters noted the checklist format is overwhelming and unusable without tooling to actually enforce it.
Why NowDeveloper tooling has shifted toward automated checks in CI pipelines (linting, type-checking, security scanning), and the proliferation of new web standards (llms.txt, security.txt, well-known URIs) has made manual tracking impossible.
Market~30M web developers globally; monetize via team/enterprise tiers with dashboard and policy enforcement; competes loosely with Lighthouse and webhint but neither covers the full modern standards surface area.
MoatCommunity-driven rule contributions (like ESLint plugins) create a network effect where the tool becomes the de facto standard for what 'compliant' means, making it hard to displace once adopted in CI pipelines.
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