Command-Line Interface (CLI)

You can use HTMLHint on the command-line. For example:

npx htmlhint index.html

Use npx htmlhint --help to print the CLI documentation.

Options

In addition to the standard options, the CLI accepts:

--color, --no-color

Force enabling/disabling of color.

--init

Create a new HTMLHint configuration file (.htmlhintrc) in the current directory with default rules. If a configuration file already exists, this command will exit successfully without making changes.

npx htmlhint --init

--list, -l

Show all the rules available

--rules, -r

Set all of the rules available

--rulesdir, -R

Load custom rules from file or folder. See the custom rules documentation for detailed information on creating and using custom rules.

# Load a single custom rule file
npx htmlhint --rulesdir ./my-custom-rule.js index.html

# Load all custom rules from a directory
npx htmlhint --rulesdir ./custom-rules/ index.html

--version, -V

Show the currently installed version of HTMLHint.