ansifilter ☆

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Description:
Strip or convert ANSI codes into HTML, (La)Tex, RTF, or BBCode

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 2.22@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: ansi terminal conversion html latex text-processing

Install: brew install ansifilter

About:
Ansifilter is a command-line tool designed to parse ANSI escape codes from text streams. It can strip these codes entirely or convert them into formatted output formats like HTML, LaTeX, RTF, or BBCode. This utility is essential for processing log files or terminal output to make them readable in web browsers or document processors.

Key Features:

Supports multiple output formats: HTML, LaTeX, RTF, BBCode, and plain text
Option to strip ANSI codes completely or convert them to formatting markup
Handles 256-color and true-color (RGB) escape sequences
Can process input from files, pipes, or the clipboard
Includes a syntax highlighting engine for source code

Use Cases:

Converting terminal build logs into readable HTML reports for web viewing
Removing color codes from CLI output before piping to files or other programs
Generating syntax-highlighted code snippets for documentation or presentations

Alternatives:

aha (ANSI HTML Adapter) – Aha is a lightweight alternative focused specifically on converting ANSI to HTML, whereas Ansifilter supports a wider range of output formats including LaTeX and RTF.
ansi2html – A Python script that converts ANSI to HTML; Ansifilter is a standalone C++ binary with broader format support and no runtime dependencies.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 13, 2025 8:22am		0	VERSION_BUMP	ec7ddc15
Sep 10, 2025 10:48pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	8bffca91