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Xidel vs pup: catalog facts
Xidel	pup
Free Free and open source under GPL-3.0-or-later.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Supports CSS, XPath, and XQuery extraction Can query JSON APIs and local JSON files	Filters HTML with familiar CSS selectors Works in Unix pipelines via stdin and stdout
HTTPS connections on Linux require OpenSSL, including openssl-dev, and libcrypto.	Development is infrequent Only handles HTML, not JavaScript-rendered pages
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0-or-later	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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