xidel ☆

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Description:
XPath/XQuery 3.0, JSONiq interpreter to extract data from HTML/XML/JSON

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: web-scraping xpath xquery jsoniq cli data-extraction

Install: brew install xidel

About:
Xidel is a powerful command-line tool for extracting data from HTML, XML, and JSON sources using XPath 2.0/3.0, XQuery 3.0, and JSONiq expressions. It can process local files or fetch data directly from web URLs, handling complex queries and data transformations efficiently. Its main value is providing a unified, robust interface for web scraping and data extraction tasks that would otherwise require multiple tools.

Key Features:

Supports XPath 2.0/3.0, XQuery 3.0, and JSONiq
Can fetch data directly from URLs and process local files
Advanced pattern matching capabilities for complex data extraction
Outputs data in various formats like JSON, XML, or plain text

Use Cases:

Web scraping and data mining from HTML pages
Extracting specific data points from complex JSON APIs
Automating data retrieval and transformation from web sources

Alternatives:

jq – jq is specialized for JSON, whereas Xidel handles XML, HTML, and JSON with a broader query language set.
curl + xmllint – Requires chaining multiple tools; Xidel integrates fetching and querying into a single command.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Apr 26, 2026 10:36pm		2	REVISION_ONLY	5495374c
Nov 30, 2022 1:06pm		1	VERSION_BUMP	a7458d03