linkify-issues

September 11, 2025 ยท View on GitHub

Linkify GitHub issue references

Install

npm install linkify-issues

Usage

import {linkifyIssuesToHtml} from 'linkify-issues';

linkifyIssuesToHtml('Fixes #143 and avajs/ava#1023', {
	user: 'sindresorhus',
	repository: 'dofle',
	attributes: {
		class: 'unicorn',
		multiple: ['a', 'b'],
		number: 1,
		exclude: false,
		include: true
	}
});
//=> 'Fixes <a href="https://github.com/sindresorhus/dofle/issues/143" class="unicorn" multiple="a b" number="1" include>#143</a> and <a href="https://github.com/avajs/ava/issues/1023" class="unicorn" multiple="a b" number="1" include>avajs/ava#1023</a>'

import {linkifyIssuesToMarkdown} from 'linkify-issues';

linkifyIssuesToMarkdown('Fixes #143 and avajs/ava#1023', {
	user: 'sindresorhus',
	repository: 'dofle'
});
//=> 'Fixes [#143](https://github.com/sindresorhus/dofle/issues/143) and [avajs/ava#1023](https://github.com/avajs/ava/issues/1023)'

import {linkifyIssuesToDom} from 'linkify-issues';

const fragment = linkifyIssuesToDom('See #143', {
	user: 'sindresorhus',
	repository: 'dofle',
	attributes: {
		class: 'unicorn',
	}
});

document.body.appendChild(fragment);

API

linkifyIssuesToHtml(string, options)

Returns an HTML string like 'See <a href="https://github.com/sindresorhus/dofle/issues/143">#143</a>'.

string

Type: string

A string with issue references to linkify.

options

Type: object

user

Required
Type: string

GitHub user.

repository

Required
Type: string

GitHub repository.

attributes

Type: object

HTML attributes to add to the link.

baseUrl

Type: string
Default: 'https://github.com'

The base URL.

additionalPrefix

Type: string | undefined
Default: 'GH-'

Additional reference prefix to support. It can be set to undefined to disable the default.

linkifyIssuesToHtml('Will not linkify GH-123', {
	user: 'sindresorhus',
	repository: 'dofle',
	additionalPrefix: undefined
});
// => 'Will not linkify GH-123'

linkifyIssuesToHtml('Will link SOUP:235 but not GH-123', {
	user: 'sindresorhus',
	repository: 'dofle',
	additionalPrefix: 'SOUP:'
});
// => 'Will link <a href="https://github.com/sindresorhus/dofle/issues/235">SOUP:235</a> but not GH-123'

Note

The prefix is added unescaped to the regex, keep it simple.

linkifyIssuesToMarkdown(string, options)

Returns a Markdown string like 'See [#143](https://github.com/sindresorhus/dofle/issues/143)'.

string

Type: string

A string with issue references to linkify.

options

See options above.

linkifyIssuesToDom(string, options)

Returns a DocumentFragment ready to be appended in a DOM safely, like DocumentFragment(TextNode('See '), HTMLAnchorElement('#143')).

This only works in the browser.

options

See options above.