I Built Free Health Badges for GitHub READMEs — Here's Why

Your README has build status badges. Test coverage badges. License badges. But does it tell visitors whether your documentation links actually work? The Problem: Link Rot Is Silent Open source projects accumulate broken links over time. Documentation URLs change. External references disappear. Blog posts get deleted. Nobody notices until a user files an issue. I built a dead link checker API and realized: the same system that checks links can generate a live badge showing the result. Three Badges, Zero Signup Paste any of these into your README — they auto-update every 5 minutes: Dead Link Badge Shows how many broken links exist on your site:  Green = 0 broken links. Red = broken links found. SEO Score Badge Shows your site's SEO health as a letter grade:  Grades from A (90+) to F (<40), color-coded. Response Time