htmlcxx ☆

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Description:
Non-validating CSS1 and HTML parser for C++

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: c++ html parser library web-development

Install: brew install htmlcxx

About:
Htmlcxx is a lightweight, non-validating HTML and CSS1 parser written in C++. It provides a simple DOM interface for parsing and manipulating malformed web content found in the wild. Its primary value is offering a robust solution for processing real-world HTML without the overhead of full standards compliance.

Key Features:

Handles malformed HTML gracefully
Lightweight C++ library with minimal dependencies
Provides a simple DOM API for traversal and modification
Includes CSS1 parser support

Use Cases:

Web scraping and data extraction from legacy websites
Building custom HTML renderers or analyzers
Processing and sanitizing user-generated HTML content

Alternatives:

libxml2 – More comprehensive and standards-compliant, but heavier and stricter than Htmlcxx.
Gumbo – Google's HTML5 parser; strictly follows the HTML5 spec, whereas Htmlcxx is more lenient.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 11, 2025 5:45am		0	VERSION_BUMP	f7773147