htaccess Generator

Generate .htaccess files for Apache web servers. Use when creating redirect rules, URL rewrites, security headers, HTTPS enforcement, IP blocking, caching ru...

htaccess-gen

Generate production-ready .htaccess configurations from the command line.

Quick Start

# Generate HTTPS redirect + security headers + caching
python3 scripts/htaccess_gen.py generate --https --security-headers --caching

# Generate redirect rules
python3 scripts/htaccess_gen.py redirect --from /old-page --to /new-page --type 301

# Block IPs
python3 scripts/htaccess_gen.py generate --block-ip 192.168.1.100 --block-ip 10.0.0.0/24

# Full production config
python3 scripts/htaccess_gen.py generate --https --www --security-headers --caching --gzip --error-pages --hotlink-protection --output .htaccess

Commands

generate

Create a complete .htaccess file with selected features.

Options:

• --https — Force HTTPS redirect
• --www — Force www prefix (or --no-www to remove it)
• --security-headers — Add security headers (X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy, HSTS)
• --caching — Add browser caching rules (mod_expires)
• --gzip — Enable gzip/deflate compression
• --error-pages — Add custom error page directives (403, 404, 500)
• --hotlink-protection — Prevent image hotlinking
• --domain <domain> — Your domain name (used for hotlink protection and www rules)
• --block-ip <ip> — Block an IP address or CIDR range (repeatable)
• --cors — Enable CORS headers
• --cors-origin <origin> — Specific allowed origin (default: *)
• --index <file> — Set directory index file
• --output <file> — Write to file instead of stdout

redirect

Generate redirect rules.

Options:

• --from <path> — Source path (required)
• --to <path> — Destination path or URL (required)
• --type <code> — HTTP status code: 301 (permanent) or 302 (temporary). Default: 301.

rewrite

Generate URL rewrite rules.

Options:

• --pattern <regex> — Regex pattern to match (required)
• --target <path> — Rewrite target (required)
• --flags <flags> — RewriteRule flags (default: [L,QSA])
• --condition <cond> — RewriteCond to prepend (repeatable)

Feature Details

Security Headers

Adds these headers via mod_headers:

• X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN — Prevents clickjacking
• X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff — Prevents MIME sniffing
• X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block — XSS filter
• Referrer-Policy: strict-origin-when-cross-origin
• Permissions-Policy: camera=(), microphone=(), geolocation=()
• Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains (when --https)

Caching Rules

Sets expiry times via mod_expires:

• Images: 1 month
• CSS/JS: 1 week
• HTML: 1 hour
• Fonts: 1 year