Package

markdown-link-check

checks the all of the hyperlinks in a markdown text to determine if they are alive or dead

v3.15.0, 28 Jul 2026ISCCommonJSTypes: NoneMarkdown Parsers and serialisers

$ npm install markdown-link-check

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 131.6k; +28% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 9; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 1 month ago; v3.15.0
GitHub stars: 717; 138 forks
Open issues / PRs: 14 / 0
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 121

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21

Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

131,558 downloads last week, 698,837 in the last month. The 12-month change of +28% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: -
Latest version: 3.15.0, 28 Jul 20261 month ago
First published: -
Last push to GitHub: 28 Jul 202658 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 14
Open pull requests: 0
Commits, last 52 weeks: 121
Dependents on npm: 11

Major versions

Recent releases

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: Not declared
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 41 kB
Dependencies (9): asyncchalkneedleprogresscommanderlink-checkproxy-agentxmlbuilder2markdown-link-extractor

Install

npm install markdown-link-check

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/markdown-link-check@3.15.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/markdown-link-check@3.15.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/markdown-link-check@3.15.0

Alternatives

All markdown-link-check alternatives

Package	Weekly downloads	Gzip	Last release	Module	Comparison
build-md Markdown builder for JS/TS	28.9k	-	2 months ago	ESM + CommonJS	-
markdownlint A Node.js style checker and lint tool for Markdown/CommonMark files.	2.2m	-	2 months ago	ESM only	markdownlint vs markdown-link-check
snarkdown Transform Markdown into HTML.	104.8k	-	6 years ago	ESM + CommonJS	markdown-link-check vs snarkdown
react-native-markdown-package Package for implementing markdown syntax in React Native	67.2k	-	4 months ago	CommonJS	-
mochawesome-json-to-md A repository containing a script to convert JSON reports generated by MochAwesome to Mardown	7.4k	-	1 month ago	ESM only	-
markdownlint-cli2 A fast, flexible, configuration-based command-line interface for linting Markdown/CommonMark files with the `markdownlint` library	1.1m	-	5 days ago	ESM only	markdownlint-cli2 vs markdown-link-check
notion-to-md convert notion pages, block and list of blocks to markdown (supports nesting)	267.1k	-	1 year ago	CommonJS	notion-to-md vs markdown-link-check
ts-markdown An extensible TypeScript markdown generator that takes JSON and creates a markdown document.	41.9k	-	1 year ago	CommonJS	-

Comparisons

Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.

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