To run by command line vnu To validate a file to an instance of the servlet (system tomcat, system jetty, or vnu standalone server) vnu-client myFile.html To run the standalone server vnu-server To test a file which URL is on localhost (or 127.0.0.1 or alike), there are two alternatives: - use your hostname instead of localhost. - use the 'nu.validator.servlet.allow-forbidden-hosts' Java system property See : - https://github.com/validator/validator/issues/1451#issuecomment-1290417602 - https://github.com/validator/validator/issues/1477#issuecomment-3688500565