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

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A beautiful demo is worth a thousand words:

- **Bible de Genève, 1564** (fonts and typography): [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)
- [Try your own files](https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX/wiki/Try-Your-Own-Files)

[Browser requirements](https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX/wiki/Browser-Requirements)
 
### Introduction

pdf2htmlEX renders PDF files in HTML, utilizing modern Web technologies.
It aims to provide an accurate 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 preserved in HTML such that you can still search and copy.
The generated HTML file is static, with optional features powered by JavaScript.

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

### Features

* Precise and native text in HTML
* Flexible Output
* Moderate Size
* More PDF stuffs that you love: links, outlines & printing
* Experimental: SVG background output & Type 3 font conversion

[Learn more](https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX/wiki/Feature-List)   
[Compare with others](https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX/wiki/Comparison)

### Wiki Portals

 * [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)
 * [Report Issues / Ask for Help](https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#guidance)
 * [How can I help](https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX/wiki/How-to-Help)
 * [FAQ](https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX/wiki/FAQ)

### Resources

 * [Development Blog](http://pdf2htmlex.blogspot.com) 
 * Twitter: [@pdf2htmlEX](https://twitter.com/pdf2htmlEX) 
 * You can help this project by [making a donation](http://coolwanglu.github.io/pdf2htmlEX/donate.html). Thanks!

### Contact

Note: Your message will be most likely ignored if you failed to follow [this guidance](https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md).

 * [GitHub Issue Tracker](https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX/issues)
 * Mailing List: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/pdf2htmlex
  - 中文邮件列表: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/pdf2htmlex-cn
 * Lead author: 王璐 (Lu Wang) <coolwanglu@gmail.com> or [@coolwanglu](https://twitter.com/coolwanglu). 
  - Accepting messages in **中文**, **English** or **日本語**.

### 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:

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

#### Special Thanks

* Hongliang Tian
* Wanmin Liu 

