Comments on: Website, what are you made of?

Question: Website, what are you made of?

unexpected — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:59:31 -0800

[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.

By: jedicus

jedicus — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:14:09 -0800

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.

By: fvox13

fvox13 — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:22:29 -0800

GRC has a freeware standalone application that will tell you this, and more.

By: hooray

hooray — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:47:05 -0800

Is it builtwith.com?

By: bitdamaged

bitdamaged — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:50:32 -0800

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.

By: chrominance

chrominance — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:22:07 -0800

It probably was builtwith; it was featured on Metafilter last year.

By: unexpected

unexpected — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:50:08 -0800

yes, it was builtwith! You sir, are awesome.