What does a security header checker do?

A security header checker reviews HTTP response headers that help protect a website, including HSTS, Content Security Policy, Content-Encoding, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy, and Permissions-Policy.

Are security headers important?

Yes. Security headers can help reduce risks related to clickjacking, MIME sniffing, insecure HTTP access, referrer leakage, and unsafe browser behavior.

Does a security header checker replace a full security audit?

No. A security header checker is useful for spotting missing browser security headers, but it does not replace a full website security audit.

Free Gzip, Brotli & Compression Tool

Free compression checker for testing Gzip and Brotli.

Check whether a website is using Brotli, Gzip, or Deflate compression, review content encoding, response size, redirects, and performance recommendations.

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How the compression checker works.

This tool requests a website with Brotli, Gzip, and Deflate support and checks the Content-Encoding response header.

Enter a website

Type a domain like example.com or https://example.com. The tool validates the domain before checking the headers.

Check encoding

The checker follows redirects, requests the final page, and checks whether compression is used.

Review compression details

See whether Brotli, Gzip, or Deflate is active and review response size plus recommendations.

Compression details this tool checks.

These checks help reveal whether website files are being compressed before being transferred to visitors.

HST

Brotli compression

Brotli is a modern compression method that can reduce transfer size for supported browsers.

CSP

Gzip compression

Gzip is widely supported and helps reduce HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and text file sizes.

XFO

Content-Encoding

The Content-Encoding header shows whether the response was compressed.

Gzip compression checker FAQ.

Quick answers about Gzip, Brotli, Deflate, content encoding, website speed, and hosting performance.

What does this compression checker test?

It checks common HTTP security headers including HSTS, Content Security Policy, Content-Encoding, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy, and Permissions-Policy.

Is Brotli better than Gzip?

Brotli often compresses text files better than Gzip, but Gzip is still widely supported and useful.

What is Content-Encoding?

Content-Encoding is the response header that tells the browser whether the content was compressed with br, gzip, or deflate.

Can compression improve website speed?

Yes. Compression can reduce transfer size, especially for HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SVG, JSON, and text-based files.

Does compression work on images?

Most image formats like WebP, JPG, and PNG are already compressed, so Gzip or Brotli mainly helps text-based files.

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