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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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