Overview

Litehtml is an innovative lightweight HTML rendering engine that focuses on providing essential support for HTML and CSS while remaining easy to integrate into various applications. Unlike full-featured engines, litehtml does not handle graphical rendering itself, allowing users the flexibility to interface with any external graphics library for drawing fonts, images, and other media. It’s especially useful for developers looking to present HTML-formatted text or create simplistic browsers without the overhead associated with more extensive frameworks.

This rendering engine leans on the gumbo-parser for HTML parsing, ensuring reliable performance without external dependencies. While litehtml may not fully adhere to contemporary HTML/CSS standards, its support for a broad set of tags and properties makes it suitable for many straightforward use cases.

Features

Lightweight: Designed to be a minimal HTML rendering engine, ideal for showing HTML-formatted text and tooltips without the bulk of larger engines.
Custom Graphics Integration: Users can utilize any library to draw images and fonts by implementing a callback interface, giving developers freedom in rendering.
HTML5 Parsing Support: Uses the gumbo-parser, a robust and dependency-free library, allowing for effective parsing of HTML content with modern standards.
Cross-Platform Compatibility: Supports any platform that runs C++ and STL, with recommendations for MS Visual Studio 2013 on Windows.
Supported HTML/CSS Tags: Although it lacks full compliance with HTML/CSS standards, litehtml covers many essential tags and properties, suitable for most simple applications.
Testing Tools Available: Comes with a simple browser, litebrowser, for testing the rendering capabilities directly, further enhancing the development experience.
Open-Source Licensing: Distributed under the New BSD License, promoting accessibility and collaboration within the developer community.