html-xml-utils
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Description:
Tools for manipulating HTML and XML files
Type: Formula  |  Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Developer tools
Tags: html xml cli developer-tools markup
Install: brew install html-xml-utils
About:
The HTML-XML-utils are a suite of command-line tools designed for processing and manipulating HTML and XML documents. These utilities provide robust functionality for tasks such as formatting, validation, and structural transformation of markup files. They are essential for developers and system administrators managing web content or XML data.
Key Features:
  • Provides command-line tools for HTML/XML manipulation
  • Includes utilities for formatting and indentation
  • Supports extraction and transformation of document elements
  • Robust parsing of HTML and XML structures
Use Cases:
  • Cleaning and formatting messy HTML source code
  • Extracting specific data fields from XML configuration files
  • Validating markup structure in web development workflows
Alternatives:
  • libxml2 (xmllint) – libxml2 is a more comprehensive C library with xmllint for validation, whereas HTML-XML-utils offers a broader set of general-purpose CLI tools specifically for HTML and XML manipulation.
  • Prettier – Prettier is a modern code formatter focused on web languages (HTML/JS/CSS) with opinionated styling, while HTML-XML-utils provides a wider range of utilities beyond just formatting.
Version History
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Sep 12, 2025 10:28am 0 VERSION_BUMP 680ea37e
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