Comparison of Breadcrumb Modules

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Module Versions Description Dependencies Notes
Breadcrumb 8.x-1.x-dev Seeks to replace Drupal core's menu.inc breadcrumb functionality with a separate module for D8 core
Breadcrumb2 7.x-1.0-beta3 this module provides a new, fieldable 'breadcrumb' entity - leverage the power of fields! Views,Link,Entity API,Rules,Field validation
Clickpath 6.x-1.2, 7.x-1.x-dev Maintains a list of the last 10 pages visited, can override breadcrumb to provide “how you got here” links
Context Breadcrumb Current Page 7.x-1.0-beta2 Context plugin to add the current page to the breadcrumb.
Crumbdown 6.x-1.x-dev Enhances breadcrumbs with dropdown submenus linked to related items.
Crumbs 6.x-1.0-unstable10, 6.x-2.0-unstable8, 7.x-1.0-alpha5 Assumes an implicit hierarchy of paths in your site, based on menus, url aliases and other criteria. It then produces a breadcrumb that reflects the position of the current page within that hierarchy. Crumbs
Crumbs Plus 6.x-1.x-dev Extension for the Crumbs module which give your Drupal site a consistent and flexibly customized pattern of breadcrumbs.
Custom Breadcrumbs 6.x-1.5, 7.x-1.0-alpha1, 6.x-2.0-rc1, 7.x-2.x-dev Allows administrators to set up parametrized breadcrumb trails. 27940 installs
Hansel breadcrumbs 6.x-1.3, 7.x-1.3 Creates new breadcrumbs based on rules independent from the menu system. Rules can have logic switches and can add links to the breadcrumbs.
Menu Breadcrumb 6.x-1.3, 7.x-1.3 Allows breadcrumbs to be generated from menus other than the Navigation menu. 30516 installs
Menu Trails 6.x-1.1 Various menu improvements, including setting breadcrumbs based on active trail 15390 installs
Menu position 7.x-1.1 Allows for the creation of rules that will dynamically add the current page into the menu system (and thus breadcrumbs) at the requested spots. 4718 installs
Node breadcrumb 6.x-1.0-beta5 Allows you to creates rules which indicate menu location of nodes based on content type, taxonomy terms, PHP condition, menu item ID, weight. 1469 installs
Node Hierarchy 6.x-2.1, 7.x-2.x Allows nodes to be children of other nodes creating a tree-like hierarchy of content; includes breadcrumb generation. 3642 installs
Panels Breadcrumbs 7.x-1.6 Allows you to set your breadcrumbs directly from Panels configuration, and also allows you to take advantage from Panels arguments and contexts as placeholder tokens.
Popup breadcrumb 6.x-3.22, 7.x-1.0 Builds popup tooltip-like text, nodes, blocks, menus, forms, views and php-generated content. Breadcrumb module deprecated.
Smart Breadcrumb 6.x-1.2 Walks backwards down the current path, determining the title for each page using included companion modules for User pages, Menu items, Node titles, and Views display titles.
Taxonomy Breadcrumb 6.x-1.1, 7.x-1.x-dev Generates taxonomy based breadcrumbs on node pages and taxonomy/term pages. 6109 installs
Taxonomy Breadcrumb Lite 6.x-1.1, 7.x-1.3 Alter the breadcrumbs on a taxonomy term page to reflect the hierarchy of that term

Obsolete/Abandoned
TrailScout

See also Comparison of Breadcrumb Customizing modules in the handbook.