wummel/linkchecker
check links in web documents or full websites observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5005
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 664
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1435 stars · 230 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
LinkChecker is a GPL-licensed Python tool that checks links in web documents or crawls entire websites to find broken links. It supports recursive multithreaded checking, many protocols (HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, mailto, local files), and offers command line, GUI, and web interfaces with output in text, HTML, SQL, CSV, XML, or sitemap graph formats.
Use cases
- find broken links on my website
- crawl a site and validate all URLs
- check for dead links in HTML documents
- generate a sitemap graph of a website
- monitor external links on my blog
- validate links before a site migration
When to choose
- you need recursive, multithreaded link checking across a full website
- you want flexible output formats like CSV, SQL, HTML, or sitemap graphs
- you need protocol coverage beyond HTTP, including FTP, mailto, and local files
- you prefer a mature CLI tool with proxy, cookie, and robots.txt support
When to avoid
- you need a Python 3 native tool, since this project historically targets Python 2.7
- you want a modern GUI-first or SaaS link monitoring service
- you need JavaScript-rendered single-page app link checking
- you require active feature development rather than maintenance
Facets
cli-tool · maturity maintenance
web-scraping cli testing web-development developer-tools python cli cross-platform windows link-checker website-validator crawler broken-links seo command-line linux macos
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/wummel/linkchecker · fetched 2026-08-28 · e3d04f8265a2
- homepage: http://wummel.github.io/linkchecker/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · b5998b48b8dd
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| wummel/linkchecker | main | 32 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="wummel/linkchecker")
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