# Checking for broken links on Your Website

DevFeed: [Checking for broken links on Your Website](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/checking-for-broken-links-on-your-website-27536.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://gagor.pro/2012/09/checking-for-broken-links-on-your-website/>)

Author: Tom

Published: 2012-09-18T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Tomasz Gągor](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tomasz-gagor.md>)

Topics: [Website](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/website.md>), [Tool](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tool.md>), [legacy](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/legacy.md>)

Tags: [bash](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bash.md>), [broken-links](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/broken-links.md>), [hugo](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hugo.md>), [linkchecker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linkchecker.md>), [linklint](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linklint.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>), [tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tools.md>), [website](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/website.md>), [website-maintenance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/website-maintenance.md>), [wget](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/wget.md>), [wordpress](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/wordpress.md>)

## AI overview

The article reviews wget, linkchecker, and linklint for checking broken links on websites. It compares their ease of use, speed, syntax, features, and reporting, noting that wget is readily available, linkchecker is slow, and linklint provides useful reports despite unusual syntax.

## Source excerpt

Explore tools like wget, linkchecker, and linklint to efficiently find and fix broken links on your website, from small personal pages to large legacy platforms.