md-links-sentinel is a TypeScript-based utility for validating hyperlinks in Markdown files. It extracts URLs, performs HTTP/HTTPS requests, and reports link statuses. The tool provides a console interface with progress tracking, detailed logging, and result summaries, categorizing links by HTTP status codes with emphasis on 404 errors.
It's designed for efficient documentation maintenance, finding dead-link, and link integrity verification.
- "md" : Abbreviation for Markdown, indicating the file type this tool processes.
- "link": Specifies the tool's primary function - link checking.
- "sentinel": Implies vigilance and monitoring, which is exactly what this tool is doing. It watches over links and reports their status.
To install dependencies:
bun installTo run:
bun run index.tsThis project was created using bun init in bun v1.1.8. Bun is a fast all-in-one JavaScript runtime.