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24 alternatives to Harser – Easy way for HTML parsing and building XPath

Easy way for HTML parsing and building XPath. Contribute to sihaelov/harser development by creating an account on GitHub.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Harser – Easy way for HTML parsing and building XPath launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   How to write a recursive descent parser▲347

   2017 · craftinginterpreters.com · its alternatives →

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   I built a small browser engine from scratch in C++▲146

   Hi HN! Korean high school senior here, about to start CS in college. I built a browser engine from scratch in C++ to understand how browsers work. First time using C++, 8 weeks of development, lots of debugging—but it works! Features: - HTML parsing with error correction - CSS cascade and inheritance - Block/inline layout engine - Async image loading + caching - Link navigation + history Hardest parts: - String parsing(html, css) - Rendering - Image Caching & Layout Reflowing What I learned (beyond code): - Systematic debugging is crucial - Ship with known bugs rather than chase…

   Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   JavaScript-free (X)HTML Includes▲211

   (spoiler: its XSLT) I've been working on a little demo for how to avoid copy-pasting header/footer boilerplate on a simple static webpage. My goal is to approximate the experience of Jekyll/Hugo but eliminate the need for a build step before publishing. This demo shows how to get basic templating features with XSL so you could write a blog post which looks like My Article some content hello hello Some properties which set this approach apart from other methods: - no build step (no need to setup Jekyll on the client or configure Github/Gitlab actions) - works on any webserver…

   2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Compile-time HTML parsing in C++14▲175

   A C++ HTML template engine that uses compile time HTML parsing - rep-movsd/see-phit

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Parsers▲297

   Extract structured data and visualize it without code

   2019 · parsers.me · its alternatives →

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   Selector Forge▲133

   Hi HN, I'm Ahmad from the Intuned (https://intunedhq.com) team. Today, we're releasing and open-sourcing Selector Forge (https://selectorforge.ai/), a browser extension that generates reliable CSS/XPath selectors using AI. You can use it to create a selector for a single element or for an array of elements. The selectors it creates are meant to be "semantic" and more resilient to page changes than what Chrome DevTool’s “Copy Selector” (and other similar extensions) give you. Those tend to hand you something brittle like `#top > div.w-100.ph0-l.ph3.ph4-m > h1 >…

   Jun 2026 · selectorforge.ai · its alternatives →

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   XPRS▲351

   Free website builder - making web design like Lego™. No code

   2015 · imcreator.com · its alternatives →

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   SelectorsHub▲73

   Go full page in one click: Full Page Screenshot with url

   2021 · selectorshub.com · its alternatives →

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   A simple way to make HTML websites▲200

   A simple way to make HTML websites

   2020 · john-doe.neocities.org · its alternatives →

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    Pup – A command-line HTML parser▲126

    Parsing HTML at the command line. Contribute to ericchiang/pup development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Ferrite – Markdown editor in Rust with native Mermaid diagram rendering▲241

    Ferrite: Fast Markdown/Text/Code editor in Rust with native Mermaid diagrams Built a Markdown editor using Rust + egui. v0.2.1 just dropped with major Mermaid improvements: → Native Mermaid diagrams - Flowcharts, sequence, state, ER, git graphs - pure Rust, no JS → Split view - Raw + rendered side-by-side with sync scrolling → Syntax highlighting - 40+ languages with large file optimization → JSON/YAML/TOML tree viewer - Structured editing with expand/collapse → Git integration - File tree shows modified/staged/untracked status Also: minimap, zen mode,…

    Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    TopLevel – A New Way to JavaScript Your HTML▲79

    A New Way to Javascript Your HTML. Contribute to kristopolous/TopLevel development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Fast C-based HTML 5 parsing for Python▲169

    Fast C based HTML 5 parsing for python. Contribute to kovidgoyal/html5-parser development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Convert HTML DOM to semantic markdown for use in LLMs▲146

    DOM to Semantic-Markdown for use with LLMs. Contribute to romansky/dom-to-semantic-markdown development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    LLM Scraper – turn any webpage into structured data▲88

    Turn any webpage into structured data using LLMs. Contribute to mishushakov/llm-scraper development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

16. 16AE
    An Easy Programming Language – Built with WebAssembly▲144

    easyprog.online ist Ihre erste und beste Informationsquelle über easyprog. Hier finden Sie auch weitere interessante Links. Wir hoffen, dass Sie bei Ihrer Suche erfolgreich sind!

    2019 · easyprog.online · its alternatives →

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    Gomponents, HTML components in pure Go▲113

    Hey everyone! I just released v1.0.0 of gomponents last week. It's an HTML component builder in pure Go, with a DSL-like HTML syntax. It's been 4 years in the making, and makes it really easy to build HTML in your web apps.

    2024 · gomponents.com · its alternatives →

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    Learning Rust by writing a Markdown to HTML compiler▲25

    Hi HN, I'm new to Rust and, after half of `The Rust Programming Language` I decided to delve into a project I would actually use: a markdown to html compiler that actually serves my micro-blog (I started just right after publishing the project hehe). The project is intentionally small and one-file contained: I wanted to have the full picture in mind. I'm open to comments, suggestions and PRs. If you asked me more convincing arguments to "why did you do it?" rather than "to learn Rust" I would respond with: LLMs are effectively a new type of web users today and will be more and more present…

    Jul 2026 · andreadimatteo.com · its alternatives →

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    An experimental data-flow analysis tool for JavaScript▲95

    Find the origin of any character in the DOM

    2019 · fromjs.com · its alternatives →

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    Fast and Extensible Parser for Markdown in PHP▲88

    Fast and extensible Markdown parser in PHP. It supports GitHub Flavored Markdown and it adheres to CommonMark.

    2014 · parsedown.org · its alternatives →

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    A tool like jq, but for parsing HTML▲40

    jq, but for HTML. Contribute to orf/html-query development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Yantra – an LALR(1) parser generator for C++▲33

    A C++ parser generator: lexer, parser, and AST generation in one tool. - TantrixAuto/yantra

    23d ago · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Tool to turn your HTML into a collapsible tree▲36

    2014 · htmltree.peterbe.com · its alternatives →

24. 24MW
    my weekend project Html5Snippets.com▲29

    A place to learn and share html5/css3/js snippets. Its on a alpha/mvp stage right now. Let me know what you think. Http://html5snippets.com

    2011 · its alternatives →

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