markdown-link-check
Check hyperlinks in markdown files for broken or dead links.
Dev workflow and config npm ISC
Used in agent projects
25
0.2% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in dev workflow and config
#69 of 88
by use in those projects
Downloads
184K
npm, last 7 days, markdown-link-check
GitHub stars
718
last push Jul 28, 2026
How markdown-link-check is used
markdown-link-check is a dependency in 25 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.2%), #69 of 88 in dev workflow and config. The most used alternative there is dotenv. Projects that use it most often also use markdownlint-cli2 (96.0%), Checkov (92.0%), fast-xml-parser (88.0%).
Often used with markdown-link-check
| markdownlint-cli2 | 96.0% of markdown-link-check projects · 167.0× more than average |
|---|---|
| Checkov | 92.0% of markdown-link-check projects · 449.3× more than average |
| fast-xml-parser | 88.0% of markdown-link-check projects · 192.6× more than average |
| jsdom | 88.0% of markdown-link-check projects · 16.4× more than average |
| Lefthook | 88.0% of markdown-link-check projects · 87.3× more than average |
| npm-run-all2 | 88.0% of markdown-link-check projects · 196.0× more than average |
| Diagrams | 88.0% of markdown-link-check projects · 413.8× more than average |
| Matplotlib | 88.0% of markdown-link-check projects · 57.6× more than average |
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 0.8% of projects set up for it |
|---|
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list markdown-link-check as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install markdown-link-check |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (23), TypeScript / JavaScript (2) |
| Example projects | microsoft/edge-ai, jonathan-vella/azure-smb-rf |
Alternatives to markdown-link-check
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dotenv npm Load environment variables from .env files into process.env. |
2,001 (15.8%) | 189M | 20.5K | BSD-2-Clause |
| python-dotenv pypi Load environment variables from .env files in Python applications. |
828 (6.5%) | 156M | 8,898 | BSD-3-Clause |
| Husky npm Modern Git hooks manager for running tasks on git events. |
797 (6.3%) | 36.2M | 35.3K | MIT |
| lint-staged npm Run linters on git staged files to catch issues before commit. |
591 (4.7%) | 29.5M | 14.7K | MIT |
| concurrently npm Run multiple npm scripts concurrently for efficient development workflows. |
572 (4.5%) | 22.2M | 7,856 | MIT |
| cross-env npm Set environment variables across Windows, Mac and Linux in npm scripts. |
265 (2.1%) | 25.8M | 6,521 | MIT |
| Pydantic Settings pypi Settings management and configuration from environment variables using Pydantic. |
251 (2.0%) | 96.8M | 1,475 | — |
| Rich pypi Python library for rich text and beautiful formatting in terminal output. |
243 (1.9%) | 117M | 57.5K | MIT |