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https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX

Convert PDF to HTML without losing text or format.
https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX

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Convert PDF to HTML without losing text or format.

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README 

        
pdf2htmlEX is no longer under active development. New maintainers are [wanted](http://pdf2htmlex.blogspot.ch/2016/12/looking-for-new-maintainer.html).



#![](http://coolwanglu.github.io/pdf2htmlEX/images/pdf2htmlEX-64x64.png) pdf2htmlEX 



>一图胜千言
A beautiful demo is worth a thousand words



- **Bible de Genève, 1564** (fonts and typography): [HTML](http://coolwanglu.github.io/pdf2htmlEX/demo/geneve.html) / [PDF](https://github.com/raphink/geneve_1564/releases/download/2015-07-08_01/geneve_1564.pdf)

- **Cheat Sheet** (math formulas): [HTML](http://coolwanglu.github.io/pdf2htmlEX/demo/cheat.html) / [PDF](http://www.tug.org/texshowcase/cheat.pdf)

- **Scientific Paper** (text and figures): [HTML](http://coolwanglu.github.io/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.io/pdf2htmlEX/demo/issue65_en.html) / [PDF](http://dl.fullcirclemagazine.org/issue65_en.pdf)

- **Git Manual** (CJK support): [HTML](http://coolwanglu.github.io/pdf2htmlEX/demo/chn.html) / [PDF](http://files.cnblogs.com/phphuaibei/git%E6%90%AD%E5%BB%BA.pdf)



pdf2htmlEX renders PDF files in HTML, utilizing modern Web technologies.

Academic papers with lots of formulas and figures? Magazines with complicated layouts? No problem!



pdf2htmlEX is also an [online publishing tool](http://coolwanglu.github.io/pdf2htmlEX/doc/tb108wang.html) which is flexible for many different use cases. 



Learn more about [who](https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX/wiki/Use-Cases) and [why](https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX/wiki/Introduction) should use pdf2htmlEX.



### Features



* Native HTML text with precise font and location.

* Flexible output: all-in-one HTML or on demand page loading (needs JavaScript).

* Moderate file size, sometimes even smaller than PDF.

* Supporting links, outlines (bookmarks), printing, SVG background, Type 3 fonts and [more...](https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX/wiki/Feature-List)



[Compare to others](https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX/wiki/Comparison)



### Portals



 * [:house: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/Quick-Start)

 * [Report Issues / Ask for Help](https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#guidance)

 * [:question:FAQ](https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX/wiki/FAQ)

 * [:envelope:Mailing List](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/pdf2htmlex)

 * [:mahjong:中文邮件列表](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/pdf2htmlex-cn)



### LICENSE



pdf2htmlEX, as a whole package, is licensed under GPLv3+.

Some resource files are released with relaxed licenses, read `LICENSE` for more details.



### Acknowledgements



pdf2htmlEX is made possible thanks to the following projects:



* [poppler](http://poppler.freedesktop.org/)

* [Fontforge](http://fontforge.org/)



pdf2htmlEX is inspired by the following projects:



* pdftohtml from poppler 

* MuPDF

* PDF.js

* Crocodoc

* Google Doc



#### Special Thanks



* Hongliang Tian

* Wanmin Liu