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 The fast & forgiving HTML/XML parser.
 
+_htmlparser2 is [the fastest HTML parser](#performance), and takes some shortcuts to get there. If you need strict HTML spec compliance, have a look at [parse5](https://github.com/inikulin/parse5)._
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 ## Installation
 
     npm install htmlparser2