pdf2htmlEX

A beautiful demo is worth a thousand words:

• Typography: Default / MediaFire / Original
• Formulas: Default / MediaFire / Original
• Scientific Paper: Default / MediaFire / Original
• Full Circle Magazine: Default^{might be slow} / MediaFire / Original
• Chinese: Default / MediaFire / Original
• Try your own files

Browser requirements

Introduction

pdf2htmlEX renders PDF files in HTML, utilizing modern Web technologies. It aims to provide an accuracy rendering, while keeping optimized for Web display.

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. The generated HTML file is static, Javascript is not required.

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Features

• Precise, native text in HTML, which means
  • You can select & copy & search
  • Correct font & position & styles
  • Proper reencoding
  • Generated HTML file is of similar size as the original (uncompressed) PDF file
  • Fallback (image + hidden text) - better accuracy and compatibility
• Output modes
  • Normal HTML
  • All-in-one HTML - portable & easy to share
  • One HTML per page - best for dynamic pages
• More PDF stuffs that you love
  • Links
  • Outline
  • Printing (experimental)

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Install

Thanks to all packagers!

• Ubuntu PPA by Lu Wang coolwanglu@gmail.com, not always up-to-date.
• ArchLinux AUR by Arthur Titeica arthur.titeica@gmail.com
• Gentoo Overlay, gentoo-zh, mrueg or sunrise, by respective packagers.
• Homebrew Formula by Jamie Ly me@jamie.ly
• Macports (local repo) by Deepak Thukral iapain@iapa.in
• Windows N/A

Build from source

Dependency

• CMake, pkg-config
• GNU Getopt
• compilers support C++11, for example
• GCC >= 4.4.6
• I heard about successful build with Clang
• poppler with xpdf header >= 0.20.0 (compile with --enable-xpdf-headers)
• Install libpng (and headers) BEFORE you compile poppler if you want background images generated
• Install poppler-data if your want CJK support
• fontforge (with header files)
• git version is recommended to avoid annoying compilation issues
• [Optional] ttfautohint
• run pdf2htmlEX with --external-hint-tool=ttfautohint to enable it
• [For Windows]
• Cygwin
• or MinGW, with some modifications to pdf2htmlEX. See pdf2htmlEX on TeX Wiki (in Japanese), special thanks to Haruhiko Okumura

Compiling

git clone --depth 1 git://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX.git
cd pdf2htmlEX
cmake . && make && sudo make install

Usage

pdf2htmlEX /path/to/foobar.pdf

Quick Start

FAQ

• Troubleshooting compilation errors
• I want more features
• More...

LICENSE

GPLv2 & GPLv3 for most part, MIT License for share/\* Read LICENSE for more detail.

pdf2htmlEX is totally free, please credit pdf2htmlEX if you use it
Please consider sponsoring it if you use it for commercial purpose

Font extraction, conversion or redistribution MAY BE ILLEGAL, please check your local laws

Contribute

Consider how much you have to pay for an alternatve with a similar quality, keeping in mind that pdf2htmlEX is maintained by one person in spare time.

• Patches are more than welcome.
• Or you may prefer making a donation, the easier way.
• Other ways you may help

Contact

• IRC Channel irc://irc.freenode.net/pdf2htmlEX

• Mailing list pdf2htmlex@googlegroups.com

  • Make sure you have read man pdf2htmlEX, wiki and FAQ
  • Or you may not get any reply.

• Lu Wang coolwanglu@gmail.com

  • For personal enquiries only
  • Accepting messages in 中文, English or 日本語.

Acknowledge

pdf2htmlEX is made possible thanks to the following projects:

• poppler
• Fontforge
• jQuery

pdf2htmlEX is inspired by the following projects:

• pdftops & pdftohtml from poppler
• MuPDF
• PDF.js
• Crocodoc
• Google Doc

Special Thanks

• Hongliang Tian
• Wanmin Liu