Documentation
How SiteCMD works, how to set it up, and how to connect it to the tools you already use.
Quickstart
Add your first project, run a scan, read your SiteCMD Score, connect your editor, and hand it the first fix.
Installation
How to install SiteCMD on macOS, Windows, and Linux.
Your first scan
What a scan actually checks, what it needs from you, and where the results show up.
What is SiteCMD
A desktop command center for website health: live-site checks, source-code audit, and integrations, all running locally.
Why local-first
Why SiteCMD is a desktop app instead of a SaaS, what that decision costs, and what you get back.
How a scan works
What SiteCMD actually does when you click Run Scan, and the two engines under the hood.
Live-site checks
The categories of checks SiteCMD runs against your URL, what each one looks for, and why it matters.
Source audit (Code Scan)
The second engine: SiteCMD walks your linked project folder and audits the source for the issues a live-site scan can't see.
Scheduled scans and notifications
Run scans on a schedule, get OS notifications on real regressions, and let SiteCMD work while the app is closed.
Dependency updates
The Updates page: review package updates by severity, catch vulnerable dependencies, and verify upgrades after you apply them.
Understanding findings
What severity, confidence, and status mean on every issue SiteCMD shows you.
The SiteCMD Score
How the score is calculated, what changes it, and how to read it.
Triaging issues
Work through findings: filter, verify, ignore, block, and reopen. The day-to-day workflow.
Fixing with AI editors
Use Cursor, Claude Code, Windsurf, or any MCP-capable AI editor to actually fix the issues SiteCMD finds.
Reports and exports
Generate stakeholder-ready reports of your scan history, score trends, and findings.
Alerts
The Alerts page: what SiteCMD alerts on, where each alert comes from, and how to work the unread list.
Activity timeline
The Activity page: one date-grouped timeline of scans, deploys, updates, and monitoring events, with CSV and JSON export.
Connecting data sources
How integrations work in SiteCMD, what they add, and where to set them up.
Analytics: GA4 and Plausible
Connect Google Analytics 4 or Plausible to surface traffic data alongside your scan findings.
Search Console and Bing Webmaster
Connect Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools to see how your site performs in search and which issues are tanking visibility.
UptimeRobot and Cloudflare
Connect UptimeRobot for uptime monitoring and Cloudflare for CDN and edge analytics.
GitHub and Jira
Connect GitHub for deploy and PR signals, and link SiteCMD findings to tickets in GitHub Issues or Jira.
AI editor setup overview
How SiteCMD's MCP server lets your AI editor read scan results, request fixes, and verify them.
Cursor
Set up SiteCMD with Cursor to fix issues with full scan context.
Claude Code
Set up SiteCMD with Claude Code to fix issues with full scan context.
Windsurf
Set up SiteCMD with Windsurf to fix issues with full scan context.
VS Code
Set up SiteCMD with VS Code to fix issues with full scan context.
GitHub Copilot
Set up SiteCMD with GitHub Copilot to fix issues with full scan context.
Cline
Set up SiteCMD with Cline to fix issues with full scan context.
JetBrains
Set up SiteCMD with JetBrains IDEs to fix issues with full scan context.
Zed
Set up SiteCMD with Zed to fix issues with full scan context.
Codex
Set up SiteCMD with OpenAI Codex CLI to fix issues with full scan context.
CLI reference
The sitecmd command-line interface: installation, subcommands, flags, and exit codes.
Quality gates in CI
Use the sitecmd CLI to fail a build when site health regresses. Examples for GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI, and more.
Pre-push hooks
Install sitecmd check as a git pre-push hook to catch regressions before they leave your machine.
Pricing & connected service
What stays free locally, what the connected service adds, and how founder-beta access works.
Existing licenses & billing
Activate an existing license, manage billing, handle offline use, and recover from license errors.
Privacy & data
Where SiteCMD stores your data, what network requests it makes, and what those requests do and don't contain.
Security disclosure
How to report a security vulnerability in SiteCMD and what happens after you do.
Troubleshooting
Common problems, where SiteCMD's logs and database live, and how to get unstuck.
Glossary
Quick definitions for every term that has a specific meaning in SiteCMD.
FAQ
Quick answers to the questions people ask most often about SiteCMD.
Keyboard shortcuts
Every keyboard shortcut in the SiteCMD desktop app, in one place.