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# pdf2htmlEX
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[](https://travis-ci.org/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX)
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A beautiful demo is worth a thousand words:
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- **Typography** (LaTeX): [HTML ](http://coolwanglu.github.com/pdf2htmlEX/demo/geneve.html ) / [PDF ](https://github.com/raphink/geneve_1564/raw/master/geneve_1564.pdf )
- **Cheat Sheet** (math formulas): [HTML ](http://coolwanglu.github.com/pdf2htmlEX/demo/cheat.html ) / [PDF ](http://www.tug.org/texshowcase/cheat.pdf )
- **Scientific Paper** (text and figures): [HTML ](http://coolwanglu.github.com/pdf2htmlEX/demo/demo.html ) / [PDF ](http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.148.349&rep=rep1&type=pdf )
- **Full Circle Magazine** (read while downloading): [HTML ](http://coolwanglu.github.com/pdf2htmlEX/demo/issue65_en.html ) / [PDF ](http://dl.fullcirclemagazine.org/issue65_en.pdf )
- **Git Manual** (CJK support): [HTML ](http://coolwanglu.github.com/pdf2htmlEX/demo/chn.html ) / [PDF ](http://files.cnblogs.com/phphuaibei/git%E6%90%AD%E5%BB%BA.pdf )
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- [Try your own files ](https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX/wiki/UploadDemo )
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[Browser requirements ](https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX/wiki/Browser-Requirements )
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### Introduction
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pdf2htmlEX renders PDF files in HTML, utilizing modern Web technologies.
It aims to provide an accuracy rendering, while keeping optimized for Web display.
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pdf2htmlEX is best for text-based PDF files, for example scientific papers with complicated formulas and figures.
Text, fonts and formats are natively perserved in HTML such that you can still search and copy.
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The generated HTML file is static, Javascript is optional.
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[Learn more about who and why should use pdf2htmlEX ](https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX/wiki/Introduction )
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### Features
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* Precise and native text in HTML
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* Flexible Output
* Moderate Size
* More PDF stuffs that you love: links, outlines & printing
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[Learn more ](https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX/wiki/Feature-List )
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[Compare with others ](https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX/wiki/Comparison )
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### Wiki Portals
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* [Wiki Home ](https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX/wiki )
* [Download ](https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX/wiki/Download )
* [Building ](https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX/wiki/Building )
* [Quick Start ](https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX/wiki/QuickStart )
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* [How to contribute ](https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX/wiki/Contribute )
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* [FAQ ](https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX/wiki/FAQ )
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### LICENSE
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GPLv3 for most parts, MIT License for `share/*`
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Read `LICENSE` for more detail.
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#### For Online Services
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You are free and welcome to modify pdf2htmlEX for your online services,
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but you should credit pdf2htmlEX if your service involves "online conversion" facilitated by pdf2htmlEX.
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You are also encouraged to send me a name and a URL for the purpose of statistics.
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Read `LICENSE` for more detail.
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### Resources
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* [pdf2htmlEX Blog ](http://pdf2htmlex.blogspot.com )
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- News and announcemenst
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- [RSS Subscribe ](http://pdf2htmlex.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default )
* Mailing list < pdf2htmlex @ googlegroups . com >
- Questions are welcome, but make sure you have read `man pdf2htmlEX` and [wiki ](https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX/wiki )
- [Subscribe ](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/pdf2htmlex )
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* Lu Wang < coolwanglu @ gmail . com > or [coolwanglu@twitter ](https://twitter.com/coolwanglu )
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- For personal enquiries only
- Accepting messages in **中文** , **English** or **日本語**
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* IRC Channel [irc://irc.freenode.net/pdf2htmlEX ](irc://irc.freenode.net/pdf2htmlEX )
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### Acknowledgements
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pdf2htmlEX is made possible thanks to the following projects:
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* [poppler ](http://poppler.freedesktop.org/ )
* [Fontforge ](http://fontforge.org/ )
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* [jQuery ](http://jquery.com/ )
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pdf2htmlEX is inspired by the following projects:
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* pdftops & pdftohtml from poppler
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* MuPDF
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* PDF.js
* Crocodoc
* Google Doc
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#### Special Thanks
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* Hongliang Tian
* Wanmin Liu
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