pugixml
brew install pugixml
v1.16
MIT
Light-weight header-only C++ XML parsing and processing library with XPath support.
Why you might care
Minimal dependencies, fast DOM parsing, and easy integration into C++ projects via header-only inclusion. Faster and leaner than libxml2 for many embedded and application use-cases. Commonly used in game engines, graphics tools, and configuration-heavy applications.
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Build dependencies
Links
- https://pugixml.org/
- Brew formula source: Formula/p/pugixml.rb
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