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Gumbo is an open-source C99 HTML5 parser that converts malformed or well-formed HTML into a parse tree. It is intended for developers building web scrapers, document-processing tools, and native applications that need standards-oriented parsing without a browser.
💡 Pick it for the simplest Python-based HTML scraping workflow instead of integrating a low-level C parser.
Python library for pulling data out of HTML and XML files.
lxml project
💡 Choose it when you need fast Python parsing plus XPath, CSS selectors, or XML and XSLT support.
lxml is a Python and Cython library for parsing and processing XML and HTML with libxml2 and libxslt. It is aimed at...
parse5 contributors
💡 Pick it for standards-compliant HTML parsing inside Node.js or JavaScript tooling.
parse5 is a JavaScript implementation of the WHATWG HTML parsing algorithm. It is designed for Node.js tools, server-side rendering systems, and libraries...
Lexbor
💡 Choose it for a modern, actively developed C parser with DOM and CSS selector support.
Lexbor is a lightweight C library for HTML5 parsing, DOM manipulation, CSS selection, and related web-platform tasks. It targets native applications and...
html5lib contributors
💡 Pick it when strict HTML5 behavior and Python portability matter more than parsing speed.
html5lib is a Python HTML parser that follows the HTML5 parsing specification and builds standards-compatible document trees. It is suited to developers...
AngleSharp contributors
💡 Choose it for a browser-like HTML and CSS DOM API in C# or other .NET applications.
AngleSharp is a .NET library for parsing HTML, XML, and CSS while exposing browser-like DOM and selector APIs. It is aimed at...
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