opendetex ☆

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Description:
Tool to strip TeX or LaTeX commands from documents

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: latex tex text-processing documents cli

Install: brew install opendetex

About:
Opendetex is a lightweight utility designed to remove TeX and LaTeX commands from text files, leaving behind plain human-readable content. It effectively handles complex formatting, macros, and comments, making it ideal for processing academic documents. This tool simplifies text extraction for analysis, indexing, or conversion to other formats.

Key Features:

Strips TeX/LaTeX commands while preserving readable text
Handles complex macros and nested environments
Filters out comments and non-essential markup
Lightweight and fast processing

Use Cases:

Extracting plain text from academic papers for indexing or search
Converting LaTeX documents to readable formats for accessibility tools
Cleaning up document content before natural language processing

Alternatives:

detex – Standard Unix tool; Opendetex offers better handling of modern LaTeX macros
pandoc – Full document converter; Opendetex is specialized for simple text extraction

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