vilistextum ☆

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Description:
HTML to text converter

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: html text-processing converter cli markdown

Install: brew install vilistextum

About:
Vilistextum is a command-line utility that converts HTML documents into plain text or structured formats like Markdown. It effectively strips HTML tags while optionally preserving formatting, links, and document structure. This tool is particularly useful for processing web content for terminal display or text-based workflows.

Key Features:

HTML to plain text and Markdown conversion
Configurable tag handling and formatting preservation
Support for character encoding conversion
Command-line interface for scripting and automation

Use Cases:

Converting web pages for reading in terminal-based browsers
Processing HTML emails or documentation into readable text
Preparing web content for text-based search indexing

Alternatives:

lynx – Lynx is a full text-based web browser, while Vilistextum focuses specifically on conversion without rendering.
pandoc – Pandoc is a universal document converter with broader format support, whereas Vilistextum is specialized for HTML.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 11, 2025 10:02pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	c8643cac