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Install mlc with Homebrew, Nix

Check for broken links in markup files. Version 1.2.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install mlc

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#mlc

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ml/mlc/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Check for broken links in markup files

Commands and aliases

  • mlc

history

Project history and usage

Markup Link Checker, packaged as mlc, is a Rust command-line link checker developed in the becheran/mlc repository, which was created on GitHub on 2019-12-28. Its upstream documentation frames the project around a documentation-maintenance problem: finding links in Markdown and HTML files, then validating both local paths and web URLs.

How it is used

The tool's practical niche is CI-friendly markup validation. Its README emphasizes GitHub Actions integration, workflow-command annotations for broken links, throttling to avoid HTTP 429 responses, offline checking, ignore comments, and configuration for selecting files or markup types. That places mlc near tools such as markdown-link-check and linkinator, but with a Rust single-binary packaging story and explicit support for both Markdown and HTML. Users typically run `mlc` at a repository root, against a documentation directory, or inside a CI workflow to fail builds when docs rot.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Build metadata lists 2 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
./.mlc.toml

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
mlccliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version1.2.0
manager updated2026-06-22
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv1.2.0

https://github.com/becheran/mlc

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:mlc
Version1.2.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mlc
Homepagehttps://github.com/becheran/mlc
Repositoryhttps://github.com/becheran/mlc
Upstream docshttps://github.com/becheran/mlc
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/becheran/mlc/archive/refs/tags/v1.2.0.tar.gz
Last updated2026-06-22T14:05:30-07:00
Pulseupdated
Build dependenciespkgconf, rust
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namemlc
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

mlc

nix profile install nixpkgs#mlc
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Mlc
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ml/mlc/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • pkgconfBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • rustBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • deadfinderShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, link-checker, link-checking.
  • discountShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, html, markdown, markup.
  • markdownShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, html, markdown, markup.
  • pandocShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, html, markdown, markup.
  • pyspellingShares av.db curated category or tags: ci, cli, developer-tools, quality.
  • cspellShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, quality.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated configuration and credential file locations
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment