linkchecker/doc/source/index.txt
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.. meta::
:keywords: link, URL, validation, checking
The latest version of this document is available at
http://linkchecker.sourceforge.net/.
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Check websites for broken links
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LinkChecker is a free, GPL_ licensed URL validator.
.. _GPL:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
If you like LinkChecker, consider a donation_ to improve it even
more!
.. _donation:
http://sourceforge.net/project/project_donations.php?group_id=1913
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
- a command line interface
- a GUI client interface
- a (Fast)CGI web interface (requires HTTP server)
Download
========
Get it from the `LinkChecker download section`_.
.. _LinkChecker download section:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1913
Requirements and installation instructions are located at the
`install documentation`_. To see what has changed between releases
look at the ChangeLog_.
.. _install documentation:
install.html
.. _ChangeLog:
http://linkchecker.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/linkchecker/trunk/linkchecker/ChangeLog.txt?view=markup
Screenshots
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| .. image:: shot1_thumb.jpg | .. image:: shot2_thumb.jpg | .. image:: shot3_thumb.jpg |
| :align: center | :align: center | :align: center |
| :target: _static/shot1.png | :target: _static/shot2.png | :target: _static/shot3.png |
+------------------------------------+------------------------------------+------------------------------------+
| Commandline interface | GUI client | Web interface |
+------------------------------------+------------------------------------+------------------------------------+
Support
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The `SF tracker`_ allows submitting of bugs, patches
and requests.
.. _SF tracker:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=1913&atid=101913
Repository
==========
The `SF Subversion page`_ hosts the development source code of LinkChecker.
.. _SF Subversion page:
http://sourceforge.net/svn/?group_id=1913