leethomason/tinyxml2

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

TinyXML-2 is a small, efficient C++ XML parser that builds a DOM from XML documents which can be read, modified, and saved. It consists of one header and one source file with no dependency on the C++ Standard Library, making it easy to embed in any C++ project.

Use cases

• parse xml files in c++
• read and modify xml config files
• generate xml documents programmatically
• embed a lightweight xml parser in a game engine
• parse xml on embedded systems without the standard library
• save application data as xml

When to choose

• you need a small, fast, dependency-free XML parser
• you want to easily integrate XML support into a C++ application or game
• you need correct, compliant XML output
• you work on embedded or constrained platforms

When to avoid

• you need DTD or XSL support
• you need full-featured, standards-complete XML processing (e.g., for browsers)
• you need XPath or schema validation

Facets

library · maturity stable

parser serialization parsers developer-tools cpp cross-platform embedded xml dom header-only-ish lightweight no-dependencies game-development

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