tinyplist

A lightweight XML property list (plist) parser and serializer that runs entirely in the browser. No dependencies, no build step — just native Web APIs.

It does not work in Node.js and other server-side JavaScript runtimes, or edge computing environments.

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Features

• Parse Apple XML plist into JavaScript objects
• Serialize JavaScript objects back to XML plist
• Zero dependencies — built on DOMParser and XMLSerializer
• Supports all plist types: dict, array, string, integer, real, boolean, date, and data
• Handles large integers with BigInt and binary data with Uint8Array

Usage

In the browser

Import the ES modules directly:

import { parse } from "./tinyplist/parser.mjs";
import { serialize } from "./tinyplist/serializer.mjs";

// Parse plist XML to a JavaScript object
const obj = parse(plistXmlString);

// Serialize a JavaScript object back to plist XML
const xml = serialize(obj);

Supported types

Plist type	JavaScript type
<dict>	Object
<array>	Array
<string>	string
<integer>	number / BigInt
<real>	number
<true/>	true
<false/>	false
<date>	Date
<data>	Uint8Array

License

MIT