Decision Workspace
rlinks vs linkcheck2 vs linkify
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
38
rlinks
growingv0.6.5
Rusty Links (rlinks) finds dead links in your website
55
linkcheck2
growingv0.10.0
A library for extracting and validating links.
52
linkify
growingv0.10.0
Finds URLs and email addresses in plain text. Takes care to get the boundaries right with surrounding punctuation like parentheses.
Core Metrics
| rlinks | linkcheck2 | linkify | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 38 | 55 | 52 |
| Total Downloads | 39.8K | 19.5K | 2.3M |
| 30d Downloads | 34 | 2.4K | 92.1K |
| Dependents | 0 | 8 | 387 |
| Releases | 30 | 6 | 14 |
| Last Updated | 2394d ago | 27d ago | 1007d ago |
| Age | 6y 8m | 1y 5m | 8y 10m |
Health Breakdown
rlinks
Maintenance
6
Quality
13
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
linkcheck2
Maintenance
17
Quality
15
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
linkify
Maintenance
5
Quality
15
Community
12
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| rlinks | linkcheck2 | linkify | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.6.5 | 0.10.0 | 0.10.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 11 | 14 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 31KB | 35KB | 22KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Links
Quick Verdict
- •linkcheck2 leads with a health score of 55/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •linkify has the most downloads (2.3M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •linkify is depended on by 387 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ rlinks, linkify have not been updated in over a year.