Website, what are you made of?

February 9, 2008 9:59 AM

[What's that website filter] What's the website that let's you plug in a URL, and then it tells you what software the site is using? (Ex: site is using Wordpress, Javascript, PHP, RoR, etc.)?

Arg. I know this is going to get answered in 3 seconds, and I've seen it before, I just can't seem to find it. anywhere.

posted by unexpected to Computers & Internet (6 answers total)

Netcraft can tell you the operating system and web server, but I don't know if it can also give you the details you list in your example.
posted by jedicus at 10:14 AM on February 9, 2008

GRC has a freeware standalone application that will tell you this, and more.
posted by fvox13 at 10:22 AM on February 9, 2008

Best answer: Is it builtwith.com?
posted by hooray at 10:47 AM on February 9, 2008

Outside of what you get in the headers (I use the Live HTTP Headers for this) there's nothing in a response that will necessarily indicate the technology supplying the backend logic.

Generally you can get the wesbserver and OS but even those can be hidden.
posted by bitdamaged at 10:50 AM on February 9, 2008

Best answer: It probably was builtwith; it was featured on Metafilter last year.
posted by chrominance at 4:22 PM on February 9, 2008

Response by poster: yes, it was builtwith! You sir, are awesome.
posted by unexpected at 5:50 PM on February 9, 2008