Free Software to Find Broken Links

Xenu's Link Sleuth™ checks Web sites for broken links. Link verification is done on "normal" links, images, frames, plug-ins, backgrounds, local image maps, style sheets, scripts and java applets. It displays a continuously updated list of URLs which you can sort by different criteria. A report can be produced at any time.

Additional features:

1. Simple, no-frills user-interface


2. Can re-check broken links (useful for temporary network errors)


3. Simple report format, can also be e-mailed


4. Executable file smaller than 1MB


5. Supports SSL websites ("https:// ")


6. Partial testing of ftp and gopher sites


7. Detects and reports redirected URLs


8. Site Map

Click here for FREE download!

By downloading you are acknowledging that:

1. You will personally check the software for viruses before starting it (I do the same with software I download with Norton AntiVirus).


2. You will not make me responsible for damages (lost time, crashed computer, etc).

System requirement: Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP, WININET.DLL required (is usually included). No, it won't work on Windows 3.11, not even with Win32s. No, I won't make a Java, MacOS, Linux, Beos, Palm or C64 version. Don't even ask! (However I have been told that it will run faultlessly under Red Hat 8.

Ok, I have read all that, I want to download! (Current version: 1.2g from March 18th, 2005).