diff --git a/e2e/docs/components/auto-link.md b/e2e/docs/components/auto-link.md
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+# AutoLink
+
+<div id="route-link">
+  <AutoLink v-for="item in routeLinksConfig" v-bind="item" />
+</div>
+
+<div id="external-link">
+  <AutoLink v-for="item in externalLinksConfig" v-bind="item" />
+</div>
+
+<div id="config">
+  <AutoLink v-bind="{ text: 'text1', link: '/', ariaLabel: 'label' }" />
+  <AutoLink v-bind="{ text: 'text2', link: 'https://example.com/test/' }" />
+</div>
+
+<script setup lang="ts">
+import { AutoLink } from 'vuepress/client'
+
+const routeLinks = [
+  '/',
+  '/README.md',
+  '/index.html',
+  '/non-existent',
+  '/non-existent.md',
+  '/non-existent.html',
+  '/routes/non-ascii-paths/中文目录名/中文文件名',
+  '/routes/non-ascii-paths/中文目录名/中文文件名.md',
+  '/routes/non-ascii-paths/中文目录名/中文文件名.html',
+  '/README.md#hash',
+  '/README.md?query',
+  '/README.md?query#hash',
+  '/#hash',
+  '/?query',
+  '/?query#hash',
+  '#hash',
+  '?query',
+  '?query#hash',
+  'route-link',
+  'route-link.md',
+  'route-link.html',
+  'not-existent',
+  'not-existent.md',
+  'not-existent.html',
+  '../',
+  '../README.md',
+  '../404.md',
+  '../404.html',
+]
+
+const routeLinksConfig = routeLinks.map((link) => ({ link, text: 'text' }))
+
+const externalLinks = [
+  '//example.com',
+  'http://example.com',
+  'https://example.com',
+  'mailto:example@example.com',
+  'tel:+1234567890',
+]
+
+const externalLinksConfig = externalLinks.map((link) => ({ link, text: 'text' }))
+</script>
diff --git a/e2e/tests/components/auto-link.spec.ts b/e2e/tests/components/auto-link.spec.ts
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+++ b/e2e/tests/components/auto-link.spec.ts
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+import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test'
+import { BASE } from '../../utils/env'
+
+test.beforeEach(async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.goto('components/auto-link.html')
+})
+
+test('should render route-link correctly', async ({ page }) => {
+  const locator = page.locator('.e2e-theme-content #route-link a')
+
+  for (const el of await locator.all()) {
+    await expect(el).toHaveAttribute('class', /route-link/)
+  }
+})
+
+test('should render external-link correctly', async ({ page }) => {
+  const locator = page.locator('.e2e-theme-content #external-link a')
+
+  for (const el of await locator.all()) {
+    await expect(el).toHaveAttribute('class', /external-link/)
+  }
+})
+
+test('should render config correctly', async ({ page }) => {
+  const locator = page.locator('.e2e-theme-content #config a')
+
+  await expect(locator.nth(0)).toHaveText('text1')
+  await expect(locator.nth(0)).toHaveAttribute('href', BASE)
+  await expect(locator.nth(0)).toHaveAttribute('aria-label', 'label')
+
+  await expect(locator.nth(1)).toHaveText('text2')
+  await expect(locator.nth(1)).toHaveAttribute(
+    'href',
+    'https://example.com/test/',
+  )
+  await expect(locator.nth(1)).toHaveAttribute('target', '_blank')
+  await expect(locator.nth(1)).toHaveAttribute('rel', 'noopener noreferrer')
+})
diff --git a/packages/client/src/components/AutoLink.ts b/packages/client/src/components/AutoLink.ts
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+++ b/packages/client/src/components/AutoLink.ts
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+import { isLinkWithProtocol } from '@vuepress/shared'
+import type { SlotsType, VNode } from 'vue'
+import { computed, defineComponent, h } from 'vue'
+import { useRoute } from 'vue-router'
+import { useSiteData } from '../composables/index.js'
+import { RouteLink } from './RouteLink.js'
+
+export interface AutoLinkProps {
+  /**
+   * Pattern to determine if the link should be active, which has higher priority than `exact`
+   */
+  activeMatch?: string | RegExp
+
+  /**
+   * The `aria-label` attribute
+   */
+  ariaLabel?: string
+
+  /**
+   * Whether the link should be active only if the url is an exact match
+   */
+  exact?: boolean
+
+  /**
+   * URL of the auto link
+   */
+  link: string
+
+  /**
+   * The `rel` attribute
+   */
+  rel?: string
+
+  /**
+   * The `target` attribute
+   */
+  target?: string
+
+  /**
+   * Text of the auto link
+   */
+  text: string
+}
+
+/**
+ * Component to render a link automatically according to the link type
+ *
+ * - If the link is internal, it will be rendered as a `<RouteLink>`
+ * - If the link is external, it will be rendered as a normal `<a>` tag
+ */
+export const AutoLink = defineComponent({
+  name: 'AutoLink',
+
+  props: {
+    /**
+     * Pattern to determine if the link should be active, which has higher priority than `exact`
+     */
+    activeMatch: {
+      type: [String, RegExp],
+      default: '',
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * The `aria-label` attribute
+     */
+    ariaLabel: {
+      type: String,
+      default: '',
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Whether the link should be active only if the url is an exact match
+     */
+    exact: Boolean,
+
+    /**
+     * URL of the auto link
+     */
+    link: {
+      type: String,
+      required: true,
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * The `rel` attribute
+     */
+    rel: {
+      type: String,
+      default: '',
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * The `target` attribute
+     */
+    target: {
+      type: String,
+      default: '',
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Text of the auto link
+     */
+    text: {
+      type: String,
+      required: true,
+    },
+  },
+
+  slots: Object as SlotsType<{
+    default?: () => VNode[] | VNode
+    before?: () => VNode[] | VNode | null
+    after?: () => VNode[] | VNode | null
+  }>,
+
+  setup(props, { slots }) {
+    const route = useRoute()
+    const siteData = useSiteData()
+
+    // If the link has non-http protocol
+    const withProtocol = computed(() => isLinkWithProtocol(props.link))
+
+    // Resolve the `target` attr
+    const linkTarget = computed(
+      () => props.target || (withProtocol.value ? '_blank' : undefined),
+    )
+
+    // If the `target` attr is "_blank"
+    const isBlankTarget = computed(() => linkTarget.value === '_blank')
+
+    // Whether the link is internal
+    const isInternal = computed(
+      () => !withProtocol.value && !isBlankTarget.value,
+    )
+
+    // Resolve the `rel` attr
+    const linkRel = computed(
+      () => props.rel || (isBlankTarget.value ? 'noopener noreferrer' : null),
+    )
+
+    // Resolve the `aria-label` attr
+    const linkAriaLabel = computed(() => props.ariaLabel ?? props.text)
+
+    // Should be active when current route is a subpath of this link
+    const shouldBeActiveInSubpath = computed(() => {
+      // Should not be active in `exact` mode
+      if (props.exact) return false
+
+      const localePaths = Object.keys(siteData.value.locales)
+
+      return localePaths.length
+        ? // Check all the locales
+          localePaths.every((key) => key !== props.link)
+        : // Check root
+          props.link !== '/'
+    })
+
+    // If this link is active
+    const isActive = computed(() => {
+      if (!isInternal.value) return false
+
+      if (props.activeMatch) {
+        return (
+          props.activeMatch instanceof RegExp
+            ? props.activeMatch
+            : new RegExp(props.activeMatch, 'u')
+        ).test(route.path)
+      }
+
+      // If this link is active in subpath
+      if (shouldBeActiveInSubpath.value) {
+        return route.path.startsWith(props.link)
+      }
+
+      return route.path === props.link
+    })
+
+    return () => {
+      const { before, after, default: defaultSlot } = slots
+
+      const content = defaultSlot?.() || [before?.(), props.text, after?.()]
+
+      return isInternal.value
+        ? h(
+            RouteLink,
+            {
+              'class': 'auto-link',
+              'to': props.link,
+              'active': isActive.value,
+              'aria-label': linkAriaLabel.value,
+            },
+            () => content,
+          )
+        : h(
+            'a',
+            {
+              'class': 'auto-link external-link',
+              'href': props.link,
+              'aria-label': linkAriaLabel.value,
+              'rel': linkRel.value,
+              'target': linkTarget.value,
+            },
+            content,
+          )
+    }
+  },
+})
diff --git a/packages/client/src/components/index.ts b/packages/client/src/components/index.ts
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--- a/packages/client/src/components/index.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/components/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+export * from './AutoLink.js'
 export * from './ClientOnly.js'
 export * from './Content.js'
 export * from './RouteLink.js'