tinyhtml5

HTML parser based on the WHATWG HTML specification

tinyhtml5 Permissive license Active ★ 9 v2.1.0 released 2026-03-05

Install

tinyhtml5 on PyPI

pip

pip install tinyhtml5

uv

uv add tinyhtml5

poetry

poetry add tinyhtml5

Package facts

License	not declared (permissive)
Python support	supports the current Python release (>=3.10)
Install friction	low — pure-Python wheel
Runtime dependencies	1 — webencodings
Maintenance	actively maintained — 161 days since the last release
Last repo commit	2026-03-05
First released	2024-09-18
Popularity	one of the top 1,000 most-downloaded packages on PyPI (30-day window, as of 2026-08-13)
Known vulnerabilities	none known (OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-13)

Evidence: tinyhtml5-2.1.0-py3-none-any.whl

Keywords: html, parser

Development Status :: 5 - Production/StableIntended Audience :: DevelopersLicense :: OSI Approved :: MIT LicenseOperating System :: OS IndependentProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: OnlyProgramming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPythonProgramming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPyTopic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python ModulesTopic :: Text Processing :: Markup :: HTML

About tinyhtml5

from the package's own PyPI description — quoted content, verbatim

A tiny HTML5 parser

tinyhtml5 is a HTML5 parser that transforms a possibly malformed HTML document into an ElementTree tree.

This module is a simplified fork of html5lib, written and maintained by James Graham, Sam Sneddon, Łukasz Langa and Will Kahn-Greene.

Free software: MIT license
For Python 3.10+, tested on CPython and PyPy
Documentation: https://doc.courtbouillon.org/tinyhtml5
Changelog: https://github.com/CourtBouillon/tinyhtml5/releases
Code, issues, tests: https://github.com/CourtBouillon/tinyhtml5
Code of conduct: https://www.courtbouillon.org/code-of-conduct
Professional support: https://www.courtbouillon.org
Donation: https://opencollective.com/courtbouillon

Copyrights are retained by their contributors, no copyright assignment is required to contribute to tinyhtml5. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion is licensed under the MIT license, without any additional terms or conditions. For full authorship information, see the version control history.

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AI interpretation — verify before relying

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tinyhtml5 is a lightweight HTML5 parser that converts possibly malformed HTML documents into ElementTree trees, suitable for parsing and processing HTML with minimal overhead.

Low friction: pure Python wheel with a single runtime dependency (webencodings). Actively maintained with recent releases; last commit 2026-03-05 and marked Production/Stable.

MIT license (permissive) means you can use, modify, and distribute tinyhtml5 freely in commercial and private projects with minimal restrictions, provided you retain attribution.

Usage

pip install tinyhtml5
import tinyhtml5
doc = tinyhtml5.parse('<html><body>Hello</body></html>')

Requires Python 3.10 or later; tested on CPython and PyPy.

Verdict: tinyhtml5 is a production-ready, low-friction HTML5 parser for Python 3.10+ with permissive MIT licensing and no known vulnerabilities. Its single dependency and active maintenance make it a reliable choice for HTML parsing tasks, though its small community (9 GitHub stars) and recent creation (first release 2024-09-18) suggest it remains relatively new.

Needs verification

Performance characteristics compared to html5lib or other parsers—whether 'tiny' refers to code size, memory footprint, or parsing speed
Whether the ElementTree output format is compatible with standard library xml.etree.ElementTree or uses a custom variant

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