google/gumbo-parser

An HTML5 parsing library in pure C99

HTML

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Gumbo - A pure-C HTML5 parser.

This project has been unmaintained since 2016 and should not be used.

You may wish to consider other projects, such as: https://codeberg.org/gumbo-parser/gumbo-parser

The original README is available for historical reference.

Project health

Overall

3.1/10

Maintained

0/10

Code review

1/10

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(top 24 of 60)

Douglas Wilson

3,732 followers · starred Aug 2013

Fred Hebert

1,338 followers · starred Jan 2017

Mike Dalessio

802 followers · starred Jan 2015

Jim Hester

1,676 followers · starred Aug 2019

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google/gumbo-parser

An HTML5 parsing library in pure C99

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5,188

348 commits

updated Jan 21, 2026

See the code

README

Gumbo - A pure-C HTML5 parser.

This project has been unmaintained since 2016 and should not be used.

You may wish to consider other projects, such as: https://codeberg.org/gumbo-parser/gumbo-parser

The original README is available for historical reference.

Project health

Overall

3.1/10

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0/10

Code review

1/10

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Significant stargazers

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Douglas Wilson

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Jim Hester

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