Rehype vs Cheerio

Developers should learn Rehype when working with HTML content in Node meets developers should learn cheerio when they need to scrape or parse html/xml content in node. Here's our take.

Rehype

Nice Pick

Developers should learn Rehype when working with HTML content in Node

Pros

• js environments, especially in static site generation (e
• Related to: unified, remark

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

Cheerio

Developers should learn Cheerio when they need to scrape or parse HTML/XML content in Node

Pros

• js applications, such as building web crawlers, extracting data from websites for analysis, or automating content aggregation
• Related to: node-js, web-scraping

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

The Verdict

These tools serve different purposes. Rehype is a tool while Cheerio is a library. We picked Rehype based on overall popularity, but your choice depends on what you're building.

The Bottom Line

Rehype wins

Based on overall popularity. Rehype is more widely used, but Cheerio excels in its own space.