💭 rushter/selectolax: Python binding to Modest and Lexbor engine...

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August 4, 2025 1 min read

GitHub - rushter/selectolax: Python binding to Modest and Lexbor engines. Fast HTML5 parser with CSS selectors for Python.

Python binding to Modest and Lexbor engines. Fast HTML5 parser with CSS selectors for Python. - rushter/selectolax

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Selectolax you have my attention! I will be giving this a try for markata which often suffers from slow beautifulsoup. It appears to have everything I need for my simple use cases.

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`j`	Scroll down
`k`	Scroll up
`g` `g`	Scroll to top
`Shift` `G`	Scroll to bottom
`d`	Half-page down
`u`	Half-page up

`j` / `↓`	Next post (in feeds)
`k` / `↑`	Previous post (in feeds)
`Enter` / `o`	Open highlighted post
`Shift` `O`	Open in new tab
`g` `h`	Go to home
`g` `s`	Focus search
`[`	Previous page
`]`	Next page
`s`	Toggle simple/rich feed view

`/`	Focus search input
`⌘CtrlK`	Focus search (alternative)
`y` `y`	Copy URL to clipboard
`?`	Show this help
`Esc`	Close / clear highlight

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