pdftohtml ☆

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Description:
Utility which converts PDF files into HTML and XML formats

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: pdf conversion html xml document

Install: brew install pdftohtml

About:
Pdftohtml is a command-line utility that parses PDF documents and converts them into HTML or XML formats. It extracts text, fonts, and images, reconstructing the document structure for web viewing. This tool is valuable for making static PDF content accessible and searchable on the internet.

Key Features:

Extracts text and images from PDFs
Generates both HTML and XML output
Preserves document layout and hyperlinks
Supports batch processing of files

Use Cases:

Converting PDF reports to web pages for online publishing
Extracting text data from PDFs for data mining or indexing
Creating accessible HTML versions of archived documents

Alternatives:

Poppler – Provides similar PDF to HTML conversion but is a more comprehensive PDF rendering library suite.
Pandoc – A universal document converter that handles PDF to HTML but requires a full TeX installation for PDF reading.

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