# Install mlc with Homebrew, Nix Check for broken links in markup files. Version 1.2.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:mlc ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install mlc ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#mlc ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ml/mlc/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:mlc - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.2.0 - **Source summary:** Check for broken links in markup files - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:05:30-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - mlc (cli) - mlc (alias) ## Build dependencies - pkgconf - rust ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.2.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-22 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/becheran/mlc - Upstream latest detected: v1.2.0 (current) ## 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. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## 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 - Unix: ./.mlc.toml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** mlc - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - mlc: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ml/mlc/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [deadfinder](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/deadfinder/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, link-checker, link-checking. - [discount](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/discount/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, html, markdown, markup. - [markdown](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/markdown/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, html, markdown, markup. - [pandoc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pandoc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, html, markdown, markup. - [pyspelling](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pyspelling/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ci, cli, developer-tools, quality. - [cspell](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cspell/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, quality. - [defuddle](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/defuddle/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, html, markdown. - [html-xml-utils](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/html-xml-utils/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, html, markup. - [hoedown](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hoedown/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, html, markdown. - [htmlq](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/htmlq/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, files, html. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/mlc.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/mlc.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph