# Help finish the Nokogiri Java port

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-finish-the-nokogiri-java-port/186699>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [April 11, 2010, 8:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-finish-the-nokogiri-java-port/186699 "2010-04-11T20:33:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![headius](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/7c8e57/32.png) [@headius](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/headius)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 8:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-finish-the-nokogiri-java-port/186699/1 "2010-04-11T20:33:50Z")

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I posted a quick blog entry about the Nokogiri Java port here:

> **[Nokogiri Java Port: Help Us Finish It!](http://blog.headius.com/2010/04/nokogiri-java-port-help-us-finish-it.html)**
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> One of the most commonly used native extensions for Ruby is the Nokogiri XML API. Nokogiri wraps libxml and has a fair amount of C code that links directly against the Ruby C extension API...an API we don't support in JRuby (and won't, without a lot...

We’re really close to having it 100% passing, which would mean anyone  
using JRuby could install and use nokogiri without native library  
support (and without libxml even being installed). It’s the endgame  
for Nokogiri support on JRuby.

If you think you can help, please jump in. You’d need to know Java, of  
course, but the codebase is pretty easy to follow. And a lot of JRuby  
users will thank you 🙂

- Charlie