rushter/selectolax
Python binding to Modest and Lexbor engines. Fast HTML5 parser with CSS selectors for Python.
When you need to extract specific pieces of information from web pages quickly and efficiently, this tool helps you by taking raw HTML code as input. It allows you to define exactly what data you want, such as titles, article content, or product details, using familiar CSS selectors. The output is the precisely targeted text or attributes, making it ideal for anyone doing large-scale web data collection.
1,605 stars. Used by 7 other packages. Actively maintained with 1 commit in the last 30 days. Available on PyPI.
Use this if you need to extract data from a large number of web pages and performance is critical for your data gathering workflow.
Not ideal if you primarily interact with web pages manually through a browser or only need to extract data from a few pages occasionally.
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Cython
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Last pushed
Apr 01, 2026
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