Link Checker for Local Files

In the eventuality that you have copies of various websites stored on your computer or maintain a database with URLs for various financial indicators for instance, then there is a chance that you want to make sure they are valid.

Unlike numerous tools in its category, Link Checker for Local Files is a tool dedicated to examining the web files you store on your computer and highlighting the ones are no longer functional.

After a quick setup, you come face to face with a minimalistic interface that is unlikely to give you any challenges. As you probably hinted, you can add the directory that contains the HTML or PHP files in the top area of the UI. Once added, the app scans it automatically and you need to be patient as the operation could take some time.

However, if you want to skip some subfolders, links or file paths, you can fill in the required data in the dedicated fields. Moreover, you can specify is the analysis should verify links in the top folder only, show repeated broken links or check both PHP and HTML files.

Following the scan, the program provides you with two lists of broken links that are organized as link-to and link-from. You will be happy to learn that these files are also generated when you just stop the analysis as well and that you can copy them to clipboard. Afterwards, you can inspect the links, make the necessary corrections and recheck to make sure all URLs are valid.

You should bear in mind that the program may not work properly for file names that are not in English or that feature special characters. Moreover, the tool does not check external links at all, so you need to employ other tools for this purpose.

Regardless of whether you are working as a web designer or you need to keep tracks of hundreds of links for professional reasons, Link Checker for Local Files can lend you a hand with keeping your database clean and up to date.