xq ☆

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Description:
Command-line XML and HTML beautifier and content extractor

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: xml html cli formatter dev-tools

Install: brew install xq

About:
Xq is a command-line utility that formats and indents XML or HTML documents for improved readability. It can also extract specific text content from within the document structure using simplified query syntax. This tool is particularly useful for debugging API responses or parsing complex web pages directly from the terminal.

Key Features:

Pretty-prints XML/HTML with colorized output
Extracts text content using simplified query syntax
Processes input from files, standard input, or URLs
Zero-dependency binary for fast execution

Use Cases:

Formatting raw, minified HTML from curl requests for readability
Extracting specific data points from XML configuration files
Debugging web scraping selectors

Alternatives:

xmllint – xmllint is more comprehensive but often requires complex XPath syntax
pup – pup is HTML-focused and uses CSS selectors, whereas xq handles both XML and HTML natively

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