install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install muffet

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#muffet

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

overview

Package summary

Fast website link checker in Go

Project links

Commands and aliases

muffet

history

Project history and usage

Muffet is a website link checker written in Go by raviqqe. The GitHub repository was created in 2018, and the project site describes it as a fast link checker for static websites that recursively scrapes and inspects pages.

Project history

Its technical emphasis is speed and CI-friendly output. The documentation lists support for browser-like link discovery across tags such as `a`, `img`, `link`, and `script`, along with text, JSON, and JUnit XML output. That places Muffet in the same operational niche as broken-link checkers used by documentation sites, static-site projects, and release pipelines: run it against a base URL, fail or inspect output when broken references appear, and integrate the result into GitHub Actions, Docker, or other automation.

How it is used

For package managers, Muffet is a compact developer-tool package: one executable, MIT licensed, installable through Go or Homebrew, useful when a site needs link validation without a larger crawler framework.

Sources

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 1 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.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`muffet`	cli	global 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 generated2026-08-04

manager version2.11.5

manager updated2026-06-09

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv2.11.5

https://github.com/raviqqe/muffet

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:muffet
Version	2.11.5
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/muffet
Homepage	https://github.com/raviqqe/muffet
Repository	https://github.com/raviqqe/muffet
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/raviqqe/muffet/archive/refs/tags/v2.11.5.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-06-09T11:21:02Z
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	go
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	muffet
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
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%

muffet

nix profile install nixpkgs#muffet

normalized package name match
Matched by: Muffet

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mu/muffet/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.

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.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/muffet.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment
pkg.so package database
pkgdb category and tag curation

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