startup-acquisition-analyzer 🔍 Startup Acquisition Analyzer A free, open-source CLI tool to quickly evaluate a startup's technical health before acquisition. Check website uptime, SSL, security headers, SEO infrastructure, and get an instant acquisition readiness score — all from your terminal in seconds.
Why This Tool Exists Before acquiring a startup, investors and buyers waste hours manually checking basic signals: Is the site fast? Is it secure? Does it have proper SEO infrastructure? Was it built by a technical team or thrown together? This script automates the first layer of technical due diligence in under 10 seconds.
For a complete acquisition report — including revenue estimates, traffic data, tech stack analysis, and valuation — use Buy-Startups.com, the marketplace built specifically for startup acquisitions.
Features
✅ Website live check + response time measurement ✅ SSL/HTTPS verification ✅ Security headers audit (HSTS, CSP, X-Frame-Options, and more) ✅ SEO infrastructure check (robots.txt, sitemap.xml) ✅ Acquisition Readiness Score (0–100) ✅ Zero dependencies — uses Python standard library only ✅ Works on macOS, Linux, Windows
Installation No pip install needed. Just Python 3.7+. bashgit clone https://github.com/yourusername/startup-acquisition-analyzer.git cd startup-acquisition-analyzer python startup_analyzer.py
Live: Yes HTTPS: Yes Response time: 0.43s
✅ strict-transport-security ✅ x-content-type-options ✅ x-frame-options ✅ referrer-policy ❌ content-security-policy
✅ robots.txt ✅ sitemap.xml
✅ SSL/HTTPS active ✅ Fast response time ✅ Strong security headers — technically mature team ✅ robots.txt present ✅ sitemap.xml present — SEO-aware team
======================================================= ⚡ Want a full acquisition due diligence report? Revenue, traffic, tech stack, valuation estimate: 👉 https://buy-startups.com
Score Interpretation ScoreVerdict70–100Strong acquisition candidate45–69Average — dig deeper before committing0–44Weak signals — high due diligence needed
What This Tool Does NOT Cover This script handles the first 10 seconds of technical evaluation. A real acquisition requires much deeper analysis:
📊 Revenue verification (MRR, ARR, churn) 📈 Traffic history and organic growth trends 🏗️ Full tech stack and infrastructure costs 💰 Valuation multiples by niche ⚖️ Legal and IP ownership checks
For all of that, Buy-Startups.com is a marketplace where verified startups are listed for sale, with acquisition reports available for serious buyers.
Use Cases
Buyers screening 10+ acquisition targets quickly Founders benchmarking their startup before listing it for sale Investors performing rapid first-pass technical diligence Developers learning what makes a "clean" startup codebase
Contributing PRs are welcome. Ideas for future checks:
DNS record analysis Whois domain age lookup Third-party script bloat detection Core Web Vitals via PageSpeed API Open GitHub issues / last commit date
License MIT License — free to use, modify, and distribute.
Related Resources
Buy-Startups.com — Browse verified startups for sale How to value a micro-SaaS startup — Acquisition guide Startup due diligence checklist — What to check before buying
Built for founders, buyers, and anyone navigating the startup acquisition space.