Description:
Advanced HTML-to-text converter
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Type: Formula
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Latest Version: 2.4.0@0
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Tracked Since: Nov 15, 2025
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Links:
Homepage |
formulae.brew.sh
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Category: Developer tools
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Tags:
html
text-conversion
cli
document-processing
web-tools
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Install:
brew install html2text
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About:
html2text is a command-line tool that converts HTML documents into clean, formatted plain text. It parses HTML markup while preserving structure, links, and basic formatting, making it ideal for processing web content into readable text formats. The tool handles complex HTML structures and provides configurable output formatting options.
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Key Features:
- Robust HTML parsing with support for complex markup
- Configurable output formatting and text wrapping
- Preservation of links and basic text structure
- Command-line interface for batch processing
- Handles malformed HTML gracefully
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Use Cases:
- Converting web pages to readable text for terminal viewing
- Processing HTML emails or content for text-based systems
- Extracting text content from HTML for scripting and automation
- Preparing web content for text-only documentation systems
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Alternatives:
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lynx
– Full-featured terminal browser with dump mode, heavier than html2text
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pandoc
– Universal document converter with broader format support but larger dependency footprint
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w3m
– Text-based browser with HTML dumping capabilities, includes rendering engine
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