google/gumbo-parser
An HTML5 parsing library in pure C99 observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 63
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4779
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 224
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
5194 stars · 662 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Gumbo is a pure-C99 HTML5 parsing library originally developed by Google, implementing the WHATWG HTML5 parsing specification. The project has been unmaintained since 2016 and its README explicitly warns against using it, pointing users to a community-maintained fork instead.
Use cases
- parse HTML documents in C programs
- extract data from web pages
- build HTML-to-text converters
- implement web scrapers needing a spec-compliant HTML5 parser
- sanitize or analyze HTML markup
When to choose
- you need a lightweight, dependency-free C HTML5 parser and accept the maintenance risk
- you are studying HTML5 parsing algorithm implementations
- you are already locked into this codebase for legacy reasons
When to avoid
- starting any new project - the README explicitly says it should not be used
- you need bug fixes or security patches
- consider the maintained fork at codeberg.org/gumbo-parser/gumbo-parser instead
Facets
library · maturity abandoned
parser parsers web-development developer-tools cross-platform c html5 html-parsing c99 unmaintained
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/google/gumbo-parser · fetched 2026-08-28 · 218f61330e57
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| google/gumbo-parser | main | 10 |
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