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HTMLForge.jl

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HTMLForge.jl is a Julia wrapper around the Gumbo library for parsing HTML, with first-class support for HTMX attributes.

HTMLForge is a fork of the Gumbo.jl project, extended with HTMX types, functions, and syntax sugar for building interactive web UIs from Julia.

Features

  • Full HTML parsing via Gumbo — handles real-world, messy HTML gracefully
  • Rich type system — HTMLDocument, HTMLElement{T}, HTMLText, NullNode
  • Tree traversal — pre-order, post-order, breadth-first iterators
  • Element manipulation — find, modify, add/remove CSS classes
  • HTMX first-class support — 30+ typed helpers for every htmx attribute
  • Experimental HTMX DSL — macro and pipe-based interfaces that compress 625 LOC into <100

Quick Example

using HTMLForge

# Parse HTML
doc = parsehtml("<h1>Hello, world!</h1>")

# Create elements with HTMX
el = HTMLElement(:button)
hxpost!(el, "/api/submit")
hxtarget!(el, "#result")
hxswap!(el, "outerHTML")
hxconfirm!(el, "Are you sure?")

Installation

using Pkg
Pkg.add("HTMLForge")

Or in Pkg mode (]):

add HTMLForge