meeseeks_vs_floki.md

Meeseeks vs. Floki

Why was Meeseeks created in the same space as the earlier existing library Floki?

Meeseeks was created to provide a correct-by-default solution for parsing HTML since Floki's default, :mochiweb_html-based parser is not HTML5 compliant and can produce unexpected results.

When should I use Meeseeks instead of Floki?

• When needing to parse HTML which may not be wellformed (anything scraped), Meeseeks should be preferred to Floki with its default, :mochiweb_html-based parser (Meeseeks has no advantage in correctness over Floki with a html5ever or other HTML5 compliant parser)
• When needing to parse XML, Meeseeks should be preferred to Floki which doesn't include an XML parser
• When needing to select with XPath selectors, Meeseeks should be preferred to Floki which doesn't provide XPath selectors
• When needing to select with a custom selector, Meeseeks should be preferred to Floki which doesn't allow custom selectors

When should I used Floki instead of Meeseeks?

• When needing to parse wellformed HTML without including Rust in your build process, Floki with the default :mochiweb_html-based parser should be preferred to Meeseeks which requires Rust in the build process (use of the :mochiweb_html-based parser with HTMl that may not be wellformed is not recommended)
• When needing to make updates to an HTML document, Floki should be preferred to Meeseeks which does not provide the ability to do so.

How does Meeseeks performance compare to Floki performance?

For benchmarks see Meeseeks vs. Floki Performance.