xslt 1.4.4

xslt

Command-line XSLT 3.0/4.0 processor for .NET. Transform XML documents from the terminal using the PhoenixmlDb XSLT engine.

Installation

dotnet tool install -g xslt

Usage

# Transform XML with a stylesheet
xslt stylesheet.xsl input.xml

# Write output to a file
xslt -o result.html report.xsl data.xml

# Start from a named template (no source needed)
xslt -it main generate.xsl

# Pass parameters
xslt -p year=2026 -p title="Report" style.xsl data.xml

# Read source from stdin
cat data.xml | xslt transform.xsl

# Show timing breakdown
xslt --timing style.xsl large-input.xml

# Validate a stylesheet without running
xslt --dry-run style.xsl

# Stream large files (lower memory)
xslt --stream style.xsl large-input.xml

Features

• XSLT 3.0/4.0 — packages, streaming, maps/arrays, higher-order functions, JSON output
• Multiple output methods — XML, HTML, XHTML, text, JSON, adaptive
• Streaming — process large files without loading into memory
• xsl:result-document — generate multiple output files in one transform
• Parameters — pass values from the command line
• Timing — built-in performance profiling
• Tracing — log template matching, function calls, and built-in rules

Documentation

Full documentation at phoenixml.dev

License

Apache-2.0