linkify-it-py
Links recognition library with FULL unicode support.
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Yes. The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, installs with minimal friction, and solves a specific problem well—link detection with Unicode support. Use it if you need to find and extract URLs or emails from text; skip it if your text already comes pre-parsed or if you only need simple regex-based matching.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.10 or later.
- Low friction: pure Python wheel with a single lightweight runtime dependency (uc-micro-py).
- Active maintenance with recent commits and stable production status.
License · maintenance · safety
MIT (permissive) — MIT license permits unrestricted use, modification, and distribution in both open-source and proprietary projects with minimal obligations.
last release 2026-03-01 (166 days) · last repo commit 2026-06-22 · 29 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 89,002,028 downloads/mo, #382 on PyPI
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pip install linkify-it-py
from linkify_it import LinkifyIt
linkify = LinkifyIt()
matches = linkify.match("Visit github.com")- Performance characteristics on very large texts or texts with many potential link patterns
- Behavior when custom validators or normalizers raise exceptions
- Whether uc-micro-py dependency introduces any additional constraints or platform requirements
What it is and what it does
linkify-it-py is a Python port that recognizes and extracts links from plain text. It identifies URLs with or without schemes, email addresses, IP addresses, and custom protocol links, returning structured match objects with normalized URLs and positions. The library emphasizes correctness: it handles full Unicode including astral characters, supports international domain names, and allows fine-grained control through customizable validation rules and normalizers.
The package is designed for text processing pipelines where you need to find linkifiable content—common in markdown processors, chat applications, content moderation, or any system that must identify and extract URLs from user-generated text. It supports both strict matching requiring explicit schemes and fuzzy matching recognizing bare domains, with configurable TLD lists to reduce false positives.
Use it for
- Extract clickable links from chat messages or user comments for rendering as HTML anchors
- Identify email addresses and URLs in plain text for content moderation or filtering systems
- Parse markdown-like text to find and normalize link references before HTML generation
- Detect protocol-specific links with custom validation rules and normalizers
- Build text-to-link conversion tools that respect international domain names and Unicode
Worth the install?
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Yes.
The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, installs with minimal friction, and solves a specific problem well—link detection with Unicode support. Use it if you need to find and extract URLs or emails from text; skip it if your text already comes pre-parsed or if you only need simple regex-based matching.
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linkify-it-py on PyPI
Before you install
Low friction: pure Python wheel with a single lightweight runtime dependency (uc-micro-py). Active maintenance with recent commits and stable production status.
Requires Python 3.10 or later.
License in practice
MIT license permits unrestricted use, modification, and distribution in both open-source and proprietary projects with minimal obligations.
Quickstart
pip install linkify-it-py
from linkify_it import LinkifyIt
linkify = LinkifyIt()
matches = linkify.match("Visit github.com")Verify before relying
- Performance characteristics on very large texts or texts with many potential link patterns
- Behavior when custom validators or normalizers raise exceptions
- Whether uc-micro-py dependency introduces any additional constraints or platform requirements
Package facts
| License | MIT permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.10 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 1 packageuc-micro-py |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 166 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 89,002,028 / month, #382 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 5 - Production/StableIntended Audience :: DevelopersLicense :: OSI Approved :: MIT LicenseOperating System :: OS IndependentProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules |
Evidence: linkify_it_py-2.1.0-py3-none-any.whl
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