Free tool · Coming soon

HTTP Header Analyzer.Every header, decoded.

Paste a URL and get every response header decoded and graded: caching directives interpreted the way CDNs and browsers actually interpret them, security headers checked against current best practice, compression negotiation verified, and a fix-first list ordered by impact.

AT A GLANCEHTTP Header Analyzer
IN DEVELOPMENT
In buildpart of the first wave
Freeno signup required
Gradedagainst current best practice
Cachedirectives fully interpreted
Securityheader coverage included
2026launch window
Part of the CDN World toolkit · first releases in build, July 2026
Freeto use, forever
No signuprequired to run it
Shareableevidence-backed reports
In buildfirst releases, 2026
Measured in your browserWe advise on speed. We practice it.Loaded just now · real numbers from this visit, not a lab score.
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First byte
DOM ready
First paint
Largest paint
DNS lookup
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Saved by compression
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What it answers

HTTP Header Analyzer in four questions.

What your cache headers really do

Cache-Control is the most misconfigured line on the web; the analyzer shows how edges and browsers will actually treat each directive combination.

Which security headers are missing

CSP, HSTS, frame and content-type protections, present, absent, or present-but-wrong.

Whether compression is working

What was negotiated, what should have been, and what the difference costs in bytes.

What to fix first

One prioritized list, ordered by user-visible impact rather than alphabetical completeness.

Under the hood

How it works.

The same signals our analysts use in paid assessments, automated.

DETECTIONHow it works
Live fetch & parse · your URL, real response

Fetches the URL and decodes the response exactly as delivered, including the intermediary fingerprints along the way.

Core
Directive interpretation · the hard part

Header combinations are evaluated the way real caches resolve them, including the conflicts and precedence rules that trip people up.

Core
Best-practice grading · current, not 2018

Graded against present-day guidance, including the security-header baseline we apply in assessments.

Core
Fix generation · copyable output

Findings come with concrete corrected header values you can paste into a config.

Supporting
The report

What you’ll get.

THE OUTPUTInside the report
Header-by-header decode

Every response header, explained in plain language.

Included
Category grades

Caching, security, compression and delivery each graded separately.

Included
Prioritized fixes

Ordered by impact, with corrected values ready to copy.

Included
Shareable report

A stable link for the pull request or the ops channel.

Included
Use cases

Who it’s for.

Performance audits

The fastest way to find the caching mistake that’s tanking your hit ratio.

Security baselines

Verify the header baseline before the pen test finds it for you.

Pre-launch checks

One paste per environment, staging surprises caught before production.

Core Web Vitals prep

Cache and compression headers are the cheapest CWV wins available.

Status & early access

Free at launch. In build now.

STATUSWhere the build stands
IN DEVELOPMENT
Freeat launch, no signup
2026launch window
200+assessments/yr behind the data
Earlyaccess list open now
Built on assessment data

The toolkit automates the detection and benchmark data behind the assessments we already run, the tools are how we prove the data is good.

Free, no signup, shareable

Every tool ships free with shareable reports; the business model is the advisory behind it, not your email address.

In development now

First releases are in build. Dates are windows, not promises, we ship when the detection is trustworthy.

UNTIL IT SHIPSGet early access →

Want the answer before the tool exists? A free assessment runs the same analysis, human-graded, usually within 24 hours, and puts you on the early-access list for HTTP Header Analyzer.

Status as of July 2026 · join the list and we’ll notify you at launch
FAQ

HTTP Header Analyzer questions,
answered straight.

When does the analyzer launch?

It’s in development in the first toolkit wave, 2026 launch window; join the early-access list from the tools page.

Will it be free?

Yes, free with no signup, like every tool in the kit.

How is this different from viewing headers in DevTools?

DevTools shows you the headers; the analyzer tells you what they mean together: how caches will resolve conflicting directives, which security headers are absent, and what to change first, graded by the ruleset we use in paid assessments.

Does it check request headers too?

The first release focuses on responses, where nearly all of the fixable problems live; request-side analysis is on the roadmap.

Can it scan a whole site?

Launch scope is per-URL with shareable reports; crawling comes later.

I need an audit today.

A free assessment includes exactly this review, human-graded, usually within 24 hours.