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Please recommend a tool that checks for broken links on a web site.

not required, but would be nice to have:

  • checks standards-compliance of the HTML, CSS, Javascript, ...
  • displays permanent redirects
tshepang
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LinkChecker.

LinkChecker is a free, GPL licensed URL validator.

Features

  • recursive and multithreaded checking
  • output in colored or normal text, HTML, SQL, CSV, XML or a sitemap graph in different formats
  • HTTP/1.1, HTTPS, FTP, mailto:, news:, nntp:, Telnet and local file links support
  • restriction of link checking with regular expression filters for URLs
  • proxy support
  • username/password authorization for HTTP and FTP and Telnet
  • honors robots.txt exclusion protocol
  • Cookie support
  • HTML and CSS syntax check
  • Antivirus check
  • Different interfaces: command line, GUI and web interface

It's also in Debian Lenny: aptitude install linkchecker and in the FreeBSD ports: /usr/ports/www/linkchecker

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  • That's a great tool! I find it very useful to validate the links in my project. Thanks to both! – Barun Jan 18 '11 at 07:02
  • Why add a note about Lenny? Here, we are trying to keep things generic, if we can help it. – tshepang Jan 18 '11 at 08:30
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    @Tshepang: Because I'm trying to be useful. Does it bother anyone? Stop being pedantic, please. – André Paramés Jan 18 '11 at 14:04
  • @andre It only makes sense if I mentioned in my question "Which tool can I use for checking broken web links in Debian Lenny"? And, if someone doesn't know how to find how to install it, they can always ask "How do I install linkchecker in Debian Lenny". Sorry if I come across as pedantic. – tshepang Jan 18 '11 at 14:51
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    @Tshepang: I disagree. I think it's a useful note that doesn't take away from anyone else - the source is still in the first link. Having said that, if a moderator asks me to remove it I will do so. – André Paramés Jan 18 '11 at 15:40
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    Note that wummel stopped development of LinkChecker in 2016. Active development continues in the [linkchecker/linkchecker](https://github.com/linkchecker/linkchecker) repo. Unfortunately, Google still (as of late 2020) returns the old wummel repo as the first hit if you search for LinkChecker. – George Hawkins Sep 29 '20 at 10:14