# nfrasser/linkifyjs

JavaScript plugin for finding links in plain-text and converting them to HTML <a> tags.

Repository: https://github.com/nfrasser/linkifyjs
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/linkifyjs
Homepage: https://linkify.js.org
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: javascript, linkify, nodejs, html, react, jquery-plugin, autolink, email, url
Last push: 2026-08-05T03:26:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 88/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 71, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4871, "days_push": 28, "days_rel": 112, "gap_med": 78, "n_releases_24m": 6}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2039, forks 186 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:08.359144+00:00)

## What it is
Linkify is a JavaScript library that finds URLs, email addresses, #hashtags, @mentions and other link-like entities in plain text and converts them into HTML <a> tags. It ships with interfaces for plain strings, HTML, React, jQuery and the browser DOM, plus a plugin system for custom link types.

## Use cases
- autolink urls in user comments
- convert plain text links to clickable html anchors
- detect email addresses in strings
- highlight hashtags and mentions in social media posts
- find all links in a block of text
- render linkified text in react components
- check whether a string is a valid url or email

## When to choose
- you need fast, accurate link detection in plain text with a small footprint
- you want framework integrations for React, jQuery or raw DOM
- you need hashtag, mention or custom link format support
- you need multi-language and emoji domain support

## When to avoid
- you need full HTML sanitization rather than link detection
- you only need markdown link parsing
- your environment cannot run JavaScript

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: parser, templating, ui-components
- domain: web-development, frontend
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: autolink, url-detection, hashtags, mentions, html-links, react, jquery, natural-language-processing, nodejs

## Member repositories
- nfrasser/linkifyjs (main) score 88

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:08.359144+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:59:12.831325+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nfrasser/linkifyjs (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:08.359144+00:00, sha 47397f4b6522)
  - homepage: https://linkify.js.org (fetched 2026-08-29T10:38:40.883577+00:00, sha cd5370ebd860)
  - site_page: https://linkify.js.org/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T10:38:40.892934+00:00, sha 762bf73b2875)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/linkifyjs (fetched 2026-08-29T10:38:40.894850+00:00, sha aff6ccbe826f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.