macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install xmltolocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install xmltoMacPorts ports tree · textproc/xmlto/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew
Install xmlto with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper
Convert XML to another format (based on XSL or other tools). Version 0.0.29 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add xmltoAlpine Linux edge package indexes · xmlto · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install xmltoDebian stable package indexes · xmlto · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install xmltoFedora Rawhide package metadata · xmlto · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#xmltonixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/xm/xmlto/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S xmltoArch Linux sync databases · xmlto · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install xmltoopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · xmlto · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
Convert XML to another format (based on XSL or other tools)
Project links
Commands and aliases
- xmlif
- xmlto
history
Project history and usage
xmlto is a shell-script frontend for converting XML documents to many output formats without making users remember the detailed command lines for XSLT processors and formatting backends. Its strongest association is DocBook-era documentation pipelines.
Project history
The upstream changelog begins with a 0.0.0 stable release in November 2001. Early development, largely by Tim Waugh with contributions from Joe Orton and Eric S. Raymond, focused on DocBook-to-manpage and DocBook-to-output-format glue, format scripts, option parsing, and the db2man stylesheet era.
The project soon added xmlif, a companion utility for conditional XML filtering, and moved toward relying on external DocBook XSL stylesheets rather than shipping its own db2man copy. Later releases added validation behavior, XInclude handling, better portability, FOP and dblatex support, xhtml1 input support, epub output, profiling support, and fewer shell portability traps.
The README says xmlto has been maintained by Ondrej Vasik since 0.0.19 and co-maintained by Ondrej Sloup since 0.0.29. The 0.0.29 news entry modernized the repository files, Fedora spec handling, Cygwin/MSYS output paths, and build behavior.
Adoption history
xmlto became useful wherever XML documentation had to produce man pages, HTML, PDF, PostScript, text, or other generated artifacts as part of a build. Its adoption was helped by being a small wrapper over common tools such as xsltproc, PassiveTeX, FOP, and dblatex rather than a replacement for them.
How it is used
Users run xmlto with an input format and output format, and the script selects stylesheets, calls the XSLT processor, and performs post-processing. The README lists docbook, xhtml1, and fo inputs and outputs including html, xhtml, man, pdf, ps, txt, epub-related formats, and several legacy formatter targets.
xmlif filters XML according to conditional markup, which is useful when one XML source needs to generate different documentation variants depending on build conditions.
Why package nerds care
xmlto is package-build connective tissue. It sits between source documentation and generated install artifacts, turning the old DocBook toolchain into one command that distro build scripts can depend on and patch around.
Timeline
- 2001-11-23: xmlto 0.0.0 stable appeared as the initial release.
- 2002-10-16: xmlto 0.0.11 included xmlif and stopped shipping the db2man stylesheet because it came from docbook-xsl.
- 2007-11-19: xmlto 0.0.19 began the Ondrej Vasik maintenance era noted in the README.
- 2008-2009: Releases added FOP, dblatex, xhtml1 source support, automated tool-path detection, and portability fixes.
- 2011: xmlto added basic experimental DocBook-to-epub support.
- 2024-04-10: ChangeLog entries for 0.0.29 updated repository formatting, Fedora spec handling, and Cygwin/MSYS path behavior.
Related projects
- Related projects and technologies include DocBook XML, docbook-xsl, xsltproc, libxslt, xmllint, PassiveTeX, Apache FOP, dblatex, xmlif, groff man pages, HTML/XHTML, XSL-FO, and epub tooling.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 10 platform targets.
- Installs with 3 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 2 build dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
xmlif | cli | global executable | |
xmlto | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version0.0.29
manager updated2026-06-22
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://pagure.io/xmlto/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:xmlto |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.29 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/xmlto |
| Homepage | https://pagure.io/xmlto/ |
| Repository | https://pagure.io/xmlto |
| Upstream docs | https://pagure.io/xmlto |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Source archive | https://pagure.io/xmlto/archive/0.0.29/xmlto-0.0.29.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-06-22T14:06:42-07:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | docbook, docbook-xsl, gnu-getopt |
| Build dependencies | autoconf, automake |
| Uses from macOS | libxslt |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | xmlto |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
xmlto 0.0.28-3.1
XML-to-any converter
sudo apt install xmlto- Section: text
- Architecture: amd64
- 7 dependencies
- 8 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Xmlto
Nix95%
xmlto
nix profile install nixpkgs#xmlto- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Xmlto
Ubuntu apt95%
xmlto 0.0.28-2.1
XML-to-any converter
https://fedorahosted.org/xmlto/
sudo apt install xmlto- Section: universe/text
- Architecture: amd64
- 7 dependencies
- 8 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Xmlto
apk95%
xmlto 0.0.29-r0
Convert xml to many other formats
sudo apk add xmlto- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: xmlto
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Xmlto
apk95%
xmlto-doc 0.0.29-r0
Convert xml to many other formats (documentation)
sudo apk add xmlto-doc- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: xmlto
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Xmlto
dnf95%
xmlto 0.0.29-5.fc45
A tool for converting XML files to various formats
sudo dnf install xmlto- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: xmlto
- 8 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Xmlto
dnf95%
xmlto-tex 0.0.29-5.fc45
A set of xmlto backends with TeX requirements
sudo dnf install xmlto-tex- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: xmlto
- 2 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Xmlto
dnf95%
xmlto-xhtml 0.0.29-5.fc45
A set of xmlto backends for xhtml1 source format
sudo dnf install xmlto-xhtml- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: xmlto
- 2 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Xmlto
pacman95%
xmlto 0.0.29-1
Convert xml to many other formats
sudo pacman -S xmlto- License: GPL
- Architecture: x86_64
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Xmlto
zypper95%
xmlto 0.0.29-1.3
Tool for Converting XML Files to Various Formats
sudo zypper install xmlto- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Productivity/Publishing/XML
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: xmlto
- 5 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Xmlto
MacPorts95%
xmlto
sudo port install xmlto- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Xmlto
source trail
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Combined YAML source
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