---
name: "tidy-proxy"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "tidy-proxy"
version: "0.97-4.1"
release: "Debian 11 (Bullseye)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/tidy-proxy"
---

# tidy-proxy(1)

small http proxy which tidies html

## NAME

tidy-proxy - small http proxy which tidies html

## SYNOPSIS

**tidy-proxy** \[ **--host** hostname\] \[ **-p** port\] \[ **-d**\] \[ **-l** {1\|2}\] \[ **--action** {t\|v}\] \[ **--tidy-cmd** tidy-command\] \[ **--validate-cmd** validate-command\] \[ **--pid** pid-file\]

## DESCRIPTION

tidy-proxy is a small proxy server written in perl. using this proxy web-pages are checked for HTML errors with tidy or validate while they are downloaded. The results are displayed on top of that page. tidy-proxy is mainly intended for developing dynamic web-pages.

## OPTIONS

- **--host** \*host\*

  the host parameter sets the listening address for tidy-proxy. \[default: localhost\]

- **-p, --port** \*port\*

  port sets the listening port for tidy-proxy. \[default: 9090\]

- **-d, --nodaemon**

  run tidy-proxy in foreground

- **-l, --level** \*level\*

  level sets the filtering level for tidy-proxy 1: Warnings 2: Errors

- **--action** \*t\|v\*

  set if to use \*t\*idy or \*v\*alidate. \[default: tidy\]

- **--tidy-cmd** \*cmd\*

  Command to use for tidy. \[default: /usr/bin/tidy\]

- **--validate-cmd** \*cmd\*

  Command to use for validate. \[default: /usr/bin/validate\]

- **--pid** \*pid-file\*

  Create a pid file. Works only in daemon mode.

**--dest-host** \*destination host\*

run tidy-proxy in reverse-proxy mode. tidy-proxy acts as normal webserver and forwards every request to \*destination host\*.

- **--loc-rewrite**

  rewrite the Location and the Host header in reverse-proxy mode.

- **-h, -?, --help**

  Prints help message.

## SEE ALSO

[**tidy**(1)](/tidy/1.md), [**validate**(1)](/validate/1.md)

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Jonas Meurer \<jonas@freesources.org\> for the Debian distribution of tidy-proxy.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2003-2008: Jonas Meurer \<jonas@freesources.org\> This manual page is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.