# lychee
> Fast, async, resource-friendly link checker written in Rust

## Summary
Fast async link checker for files and websites written in Rust

## Capabilities
- Check links in files and websites
- Async checking for high performance
- Support Markdown, HTML, and more
- Configurable with TOML/YAML
- GitHub Actions integration

## When to Use
- When checking for broken links in documentation
- When validating URLs in CI/CD pipelines

## When NOT to Use
- When doing full website crawling

## Related Tools
- [deadlink](/tools/deadlink) (complementary)
- [brok](/tools/brok) (complementary)
- [linkchecker](/tools/linkchecker) (complementary)

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Source: https://littlescripts.sh/tools/lychee
