这里有个相当全的列表

XML

XML is crap. Really. There are no excuses. XML is nasty to parse for humans, and it's a disaster to parse even for computers. There's just no reason for that horrible crap to exist. - Linus Torvalds

• Boost.PropertyTree - A property tree parser/generator that can be used to parse XML/JSON/INI/Info files. [Boost]
• Expat - An XML parser library written in C. [MIT]
• Libxml2 - The XML C parser and toolkit of Gnome. [MIT]
• libxml++ - An XML Parser for C++. [LGPL2]
• PugiXML - A light-weight, simple and fast XML parser for C++ with XPath support. [MIT]
• RapidXml - An attempt to create the fastest XML parser possible, while retaining useability, portability and reasonable W3C compatibility. [Boost]
• TinyXML - A simple, small, minimal, C++ XML parser that can be easily integrating into other programs. [zlib]
• TinyXML2 - A simple, small, efficient, C++ XML parser that can be easily integrating into other programs. [zlib]
• TinyXML++ - A completely new interface to TinyXML that uses MANY of the C++ strengths. Templates, exceptions, and much better error handling. [MIT]
• Xerces-C++ - A validating XML parser written in a portable subset of C++. [Apache2]

强烈推荐的是rapidxml