diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 083ecbaee6..6779a914c9 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -18977,6 +18977,7 @@ utils/unicode/weight_derivation.inc svneol=native#text/pascal
 utils/usubst.pp svneol=native#text/plain
 utils/wasmbin/README.md svneol=native#text/plain
 utils/wasmbin/lebutils.pas svneol=native#text/plain
+utils/wasmbin/parseutils.pas svneol=native#text/plain
 utils/wasmbin/wasmbin.pas svneol=native#text/plain
 utils/wasmbin/wasmbincode.pas svneol=native#text/plain
 utils/wasmbin/wasmbindebug.pas svneol=native#text/plain
diff --git a/utils/wasmbin/parseutils.pas b/utils/wasmbin/parseutils.pas
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..308be8175a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/wasmbin/parseutils.pas
@@ -0,0 +1,231 @@
+unit parseutils;
+
+{$ifdef fpc}{$mode delphi}{$h+}{$endif}
+
+interface
+
+uses
+  Classes, SysUtils;
+
+type
+  TCharSet = set of Char;
+
+const
+  EoLnChars      = [#10,#13];
+  SpaceChars     = [#32,#9];
+  InvsChars      = [#0..#32];
+  WhiteSpaceChars = SpaceChars;
+  SpaceEolnChars = EoLnChars+SpaceChars;
+  NumericChars   = ['0'..'9'];
+  AlphabetChars  = ['a'..'z','A'..'Z'];
+  AlphaNumChars  = AlphabetChars+NumericChars;
+
+function ScanWhile(const s: AnsiString; var index: Integer; const ch: TCharSet): AnsiString;
+function ScanTo(const s: AnsiString; var index: Integer; const ch: TCharSet): AnsiString;
+function SkipToEoln(const s: AnsiString; var index: Integer): AnsiString;
+function ScanToSubstr(const s: AnsiString; var index: Integer; const substr: string): AnsiString;
+
+// returns #10, #13, #10#13 or #13#10, if s[index] is end-of-line sequence
+// otherwise returns empty string
+function EolnStr(const s: AnsiString; index: Integer): String;
+
+function IsSubStr(const sbs, s: AnsiString; index: Integer): Boolean;
+
+// todo: not used?
+function SkipCommentBlock(const s: AnsiString; var index: Integer; const closecmt: AnsiString): AnsiString;
+
+function SkipLine(const s: AnsiString; var index: Integer): AnsiString;
+
+procedure OffsetToLinePos(const t: AnsiString; Offset: Integer; var P: TPoint);
+
+procedure ParseCSSValues(const s: String; css: TStrings);
+procedure GetCssAbsBoundsRect(Css: TStrings; var r: TRect);
+function CssValInt(const s: String; Def: integer): Integer;
+
+implementation
+
+function CssValInt(const s: String; Def: integer): Integer;
+var
+  i : integer;
+  n : String;
+  err : Integer;
+begin
+  i:=1;
+  n:=ScanWhile(s, i, ['+','-']+NumericChars);
+  Val(n, Result, err);
+  if err<>0 then Result:=Def;
+end;
+
+procedure GetCssAbsBoundsRect(Css: TStrings; var r: TRect);
+begin
+  r.Left:=CssValInt(Css.Values['LEFT'], 0);
+  r.Top:=CssValInt(Css.Values['top'], 0);
+  r.Right:=r.Left+CssValInt(Css.Values['width'], 0);
+  r.Bottom:=r.Top+CssValInt(Css.Values['height'], 0);
+end;
+
+procedure ParseCSSValues(const s: String; css: TStrings);
+var
+  i : integer;
+  n : String;
+  v : String;
+begin
+  i:=1;
+  if (s='') or not Assigned(css) then Exit;
+  while (i<=length(s))  do begin
+    ScanTo(s, i, AlphaNumChars);
+    n:=ScanWhile(s, i, AlphaNumChars+['_']);
+    ScanTo(s, i, [':']);
+    inc(i);
+    ScanWhile(s, i, SpaceEolnChars);
+    v:=ScanTo(s, i, [';']);
+    css.Values[n]:=v;
+  end;
+end;
+
+function ScanWhile(const s: AnsiString; var index: Integer; const ch: TCharSet): AnsiString;
+var
+  i : Integer;
+begin
+  Result := '';
+  if (index <= 0) or (index > length(s)) then Exit;
+  for i := index to length(s) do
+    if not (s[i] in ch) then begin
+      if i = index then Result := ''
+      else Result := Copy(s, index, i - index);
+      index := i;
+      Exit;
+    end;
+  Result := Copy(s, index, length(s) - index + 1);
+  index := length(s) + 1;
+end;
+
+function ScanTo(const s: AnsiString; var index: Integer; const ch: TCharSet): AnsiString;
+var
+  i : Integer;
+begin
+  Result := '';
+  if (index <= 0) or (index > length(s)) then Exit;
+  for i := index to length(s) do
+    if (s[i] in ch) then begin
+      if i = index then Result := ''
+      else Result := Copy(s, index, i - index);
+      index := i;
+      Exit;
+    end;
+  Result := Copy(s, index, length(s) - index + 1);
+  index := length(s) + 1;
+end;
+
+function EolnStr(const s: AnsiString; index: Integer): String;
+begin
+  if (index<=0) or (index>length(s)) or (not (s[index] in EoLnChars)) then
+    Result:=''
+  else begin
+    if (index<length(s)) and (s[index+1] in EolnChars) and (s[index]<>s[index+1]) then
+      Result:=Copy(s, index, 2)
+    else
+      Result:=s[index];
+  end;
+end;
+
+function SkipToEoln(const s: AnsiString; var index: Integer): AnsiString;
+begin
+  Result := ScanTo(s, index, EoLnChars);
+end;
+
+function IsSubStr(const sbs, s: AnsiString; index: Integer): Boolean;
+var
+  i : Integer;
+  j : Integer;
+begin
+  Result := false;
+  if (sbs = '') or (length(sbs) > length(s) - index) then Exit;
+  j := index;
+  for i := 1 to length(sbs) do begin
+    if sbs[i] <> s[j] then Exit;
+    inc(j);
+  end;
+  Result := true;
+end;
+
+function SkipCommentBlock(const s: AnsiString; var index: Integer; const closecmt: AnsiString): AnsiString;
+begin
+  Result := '';
+  if closecmt = '' then begin
+    index := length(s) + 1;
+    Exit;
+  end;
+  while index <= length(s) do begin
+    Result := Result + ScanTo(s, index, [closecmt[1]]+EoLnChars);
+    //if (index<=length(s)) and (s in EoLnChars(
+
+    if IsSubStr(closecmt, s, index) then begin
+      inc(index, length(closecmt));
+      Exit;
+    end else begin
+      Result := Result + s[index];
+      inc(index);
+    end;
+  end;
+end;
+
+function SkipLine(const s: AnsiString; var index: Integer): AnsiString;
+begin
+  Result:=ScanTo(s, index, EoLnChars);
+  if (index<length(s)) and (s[index+1] in EoLnChars) and (s[index]<>s[index+1]) then
+    inc(index);
+  inc(index);
+end;
+
+procedure OffsetToLinePos(const t: AnsiString; Offset: Integer; var P: TPoint);
+var
+  i,  le  : Integer;
+begin
+  i := 1;
+  le := 0;
+  P.X := 0;
+  P.Y := 0;
+  while i < Offset do begin
+    Inc(P.Y);
+    le := i;
+    SkipLine(t, i);
+  end;
+  P.X := Offset - le + 1;
+end;
+
+function isSubStrMatch(const s: AnsiString; index: integer; const substr: string): Boolean;
+var
+  i : integer;
+  j : integer;
+begin
+  j:=index;
+  Result:=false;
+  for i:=1 to length(substr) do begin
+    if s[j]<>substr[i] then Exit;
+    inc(j);
+  end;
+  Result:=true;
+end;
+
+function ScanToSubstr(const s: AnsiString; var index: Integer; const substr: string): AnsiString;
+var
+  i: integer;
+begin
+  if substr='' then begin
+    Result:='';
+    Exit;
+  end;
+  i:=index;
+  while (index<=length(s)) do begin
+    ScanTo(s, index, [substr[1]]);
+    if isSubStrMatch(s, index, substr) then begin
+      inc(index, length(substr));
+      Break;
+    end;
+  end;
+  Result:=Copy(s, i, index-i);
+end;
+
+end.
+