HTML reports are generated from template files located in the "templates" directory. Variables are defined as #variable-name, and are replaced when the report is generated. The files "htm_start.tmpl" and "htm_end.tmpl" are included at the beginning and end of the report (respectively). The "htm_summary.tmpl" also appears at the beginning of the report. The "htm_host_head" appears once for every host, and the "htm_host_item.tmpl" and "htm_host_im.tmpl" appear once for each item found on a host and each "informational message" per host (respectively).

All valid variables are used in these templates. Future versions of this documentation will include a list of variables and their meaning.

The copyright statements must not be removed from the "htm_end.tmpl" without placing them in another of the templates. It is a violation of the Nikto license to remove these notices.