linkchecker/linkchecker
check links in web documents or full websites observed · 2026-10-20
Health v2 · maintenance only
66/100
- Activity 95
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-22. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3550
- days_rel: 450
- days_push: 30
- n_releases_24m: 1
Adoption not part of the score
1076 stars · 168 forks observed · 2026-10-20
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 entire websites for broken URLs. It supports recursive multithreaded crawling, multiple output formats, and both a command-line and web interface.
Use cases
- find broken links on my website
- crawl a site and validate all URLs
- check a local HTML file for dead links
- generate a report of broken links in CSV or HTML
- recursively check external links before a site migration
- monitor a documentation site for dead anchors
When to choose
- you need a mature, scriptable command-line link checker
- you want recursive crawling with regex URL filters and robots.txt support
- you need output in text, HTML, SQL, CSV, XML, or sitemap graph formats
- you want to run checks in Docker without installing dependencies
When to avoid
- you need a GUI-based link checker
- you need JavaScript-rendered page validation (it does not execute JS)
- you want continuous uptime monitoring rather than on-demand checks
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
web-scraping cli developer-tools web-development developer-tools python cli cross-platform link-checker broken-links site-crawler url-validation website-validator command-line automation docker
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/linkchecker/linkchecker · fetched 2026-10-20 · 3549ead9684b
- homepage: https://linkchecker.github.io/linkchecker/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 2017a96ddf82
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/linkchecker/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9c0265ecb5bb
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| linkchecker/linkchecker | main | 66 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="linkchecker/linkchecker")
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