Xmloxide – an agent-made Rust replacement for libxml2
Recently several AI labs have published experiments where they tried to get AI coding agents to complete large software projects. - Cursor attempted to make a browser from scratch: https://cursor.com/blog/scaling-agents - Anthropic attempted to make a C Compiler: https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/building-c-compiler I have been wondering if there are software packages that can be easily reproduced by taking the available test suites and tasking agents to work on projects until the existing test suites pass. After playing with this concept by having…
Xmloxide – an agent-made Rust replacement for libxml2 launched on February 28, 2026 with 64 votes, #548 of 16,628 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.
In plain words
Xmloxide is a Rust replacement for libxml2, the widely-used C library for parsing, creating, and manipulating XML and HTML documents. The project was generated by having an AI coding agent work through the existing test suites until they passed, demonstrating an approach to reproducing established software packages using AI assistance. It is intended for developers seeking a Rust alternative to the traditional libxml2 implementation.
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From the sources
A pure Rust reimplementation of libxml2. Contribute to jonwiggins/xmloxide development by creating an account on GitHub.
In the maker’s words, at launch
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