# coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX

Convert PDF to HTML without losing text or format.

Repository: https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pdf2htmlex
Homepage: http://coolwanglu.github.com/pdf2htmlEX/
Language: HTML
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-06-02T21:11:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5142, "days_push": 1188, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 10602, forks 1837 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:42.536859+00:00)

## What it is
pdf2htmlEX is a command-line tool that converts PDF files into HTML while preserving text, fonts, and layout using modern web technologies. It supports complex documents like academic papers and magazines, with features such as links, bookmarks, and SVG backgrounds.

## Use cases
- convert pdf to html without losing formatting
- publish pdf documents online as html
- extract text from pdf preserving fonts and layout
- convert academic papers with formulas to web pages
- make pdf magazines viewable in a browser
- convert scanned pdfs to selectable html text

## When to choose
- you need high-fidelity pdf-to-html conversion with precise fonts and positioning
- you want to publish pdf content as web pages with moderate file size
- you need support for CJK text, Type 3 fonts, outlines, and links in converted output

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained software with recent bug fixes
- you want a GUI-based converter rather than a command-line tool
- you need conversion to formats other than HTML

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: pdf, parser, ocr
- domain: pdf, files, web-development
- platform: windows, cli
- tags: pdf-to-html, document-conversion, html-rendering, typography, publishing, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:42.536859+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:18:29.198352+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:42.536859+00:00, sha 9b33742c4535)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.