Written in the [[C programming language]], libxml2 provides bindings to [[C++]], [[Ch interpreter|Ch]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chlibxml2.sourceforge.net/|title=ch libxml2 open source binding}}</ref> [[XSH]], [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]], [[Python (programming language)|Python]], [[Kylix (software)|Kylix]]/[[Delphi programming language|Delphi]] and other [[Pascal (programming language)|Pascal]]s, [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]], [[Perl|Perl programming language]], [[Common Lisp]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://code.google.com/p/cl-libxml2/|title=cl-libxml2 High-level wrapper around libxml2 and libxslt libraries}}</ref> and [[PHP]]. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://php.net/manual/en/book.libxml.php|title=PHP: libxml - Manual|website=php.net|access-date=2016-05-16}}</ref> It was originally developed for the [[GNOME]] project, but can be used outside it. The libXML code is highly portable,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.xmlsoft.org/python.html|title=Python and bindings|website=www.xmlsoft.org|access-date=2016-05-16}}</ref> since it depends on standard ANSI C libraries only, <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.xmlsoft.org/xml.html|title=The XML C parser and toolkit of Gnome|website=www.xmlsoft.org|access-date=2016-05-16}}</ref> and it is released under the [[MIT license]]. This library was written by Daniel Veillard and enjoys active feedback from its users.
It includes the [[command-line utility]] '''xmllint''' and an [[HTML]] parser.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xmlsoft.org/html/libxml-HTMLparser.html|title=HTMLparser}}</ref>
