TurboXML – Fast Native XML Parser for React Native

A high-performance native XML parser for React Native using TurboModules and the New Architecture.
4× faster than JavaScript-based parsers like react-native-xml2js.

Benchmark

TurboXML (left) keeps the UI smooth while fast-xml-parser (right) freezes the entire app.

Features

• Native performance – Parses XML natively on both platforms (Kotlin on Android, Objective-C on iOS)
• TurboModules + JSI – Built for React Native's New Architecture
• Async & non-blocking – Parsing runs on background threads
• Fully typed – TypeScript definitions included
• Simple API – Single function, returns a Promise

Installation

npm install react-native-turboxml
# or
yarn add react-native-turboxml

iOS

cd ios && pod install

Requirements

• React Native 0.71+
• New Architecture enabled
• Android 5.0+ / iOS 13.0+

Usage

import { parseXml } from 'react-native-turboxml';

const xml = `
  <config>
    <title>TurboXML</title>
    <enabled>true</enabled>
    <version>1.0</version>
  </config>
`;

const result = await parseXml(xml);
console.log(result);

Output

{
  "config": {
    "title": "TurboXML",
    "enabled": "true",
    "version": "1.0"
  }
}

API

function parseXml(xml: string): Promise<Record<string, unknown>>;

Returns: A Promise that resolves to a JavaScript object representing the parsed XML.

Why TurboXML?

JavaScript-based XML parsers run on the JS thread and can block your UI during large file parsing. TurboXML uses native code on both platforms:

• Android: Jackson XmlMapper with Kotlin coroutines
• iOS: NSXMLParser with GCD

This means parsing happens on background threads and communicates directly via JSI – no bridge serialization overhead.

Use cases

• Offline maps and geospatial data (KML, GPX)
• Configuration files
• API responses in XML format
• Data import/export

Comparison

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to open issues or submit PRs.

License

MIT