Golang XML parsing methods comparison

xml-parsing.md

Criteria / Method	Parsing Style	Language Binding	Memory Footprint	Flexibility	Complexity	Error Handling	XPath Support	Actively Maintained	Performance
encoding/xml (Standard lib)	DOM	Go	High	High	Moderate	Good	No	Yes	Moderate
xml.Decoder (Streaming)	Streaming	Go	Low	Moderate	Low	Good	No	Yes	High
Byte-Level Manipulation	N/A	Go	Extremely Low	Low	High	Poor	No	N/A	Extremely High
gokogiri	DOM & SAX	C & Go	Moderate	High	Moderate	Good	Yes	No	High
xmlstream	Streaming	Go	Low	Moderate	Low	Good	No	No	High
fastxml	DOM	Go	Low	Moderate	Low	Good	No	No	High
xmlquery	DOM	Go	Moderate	High	Moderate	Good	Yes	No	Moderate
mxj	DOM	Go	High	High	Moderate	Good	No	No	Moderate
lestrrat-go/libxml2	DOM	C & Go	Low	High	High	Good	Yes	No	?
Custom Implementation	Custom	Go	Variable	High	High	Variable	Variable	N/A	Variable
Hybrid Approach	Mixed	Go	Variable	High	High	Variable	Variable	N/A	Variable