Link Management Tool with Internet Archive Integration

Hyperlinks, also known as URLs or links, are the foundation of the Internet, they allow seamless navigation between online resources with a single click.
They make the Web a web.
However, the content behind a link can change, move or be deleted without notice.
This, combined with the often short-lived nature of content on the Internet, can lead to problematic situations.
The phenomena of disappearing content and unannounced changes are known as link rot and content drift respectively.

This thesis addresses the challenges of both link rot and content drift.
We develop a command-line tool called Link Management Tool (LMT) to provide an automated approach to detecting and fixing broken links and drifted content.
Additionally, we extend an existing free and open source link-checking tool called lychee.
In both implementations, we integrate the Wayback Machine, a digital web archive, to provide access to archived snapshots of websites from the past.