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pdf2htmlEX
HTML2012–2026
coolwanglu / pdf2htmlEX · Archived

pdf2htmlEX

Convert PDF to HTML without losing text or format.

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REPOSITORY AT A GLANCE

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What it is

Convert PDF to HTML without losing text or format.

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Where it is used

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What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 9:28:18 AM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by year22 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2012-10-04 00:09:41 UTC to 2026-08-25 16:04:24 UTC.

012342012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments20122013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 2 submissions, 1 comments2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 2 submissions, 2 comments2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments20192020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

* An incomplete calendar period is marked with an outlined bar. Its count is not directly comparable with a full period.

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20122012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20132013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC321
20142014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC422
20152015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20162016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC303
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
2026 (partial)2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

4 sources
ieee-innovation·May 28, 2014Submission

SEEKING FREELANCER – Work on a Web-Based Document Rendering and Tool

Many of the world's most important documents are locked away in PDFs - perhaps the world's worst file format. Let's work to right that wrong. I am assembling a team of sharp individuals to design and develop an application that can be used to render PDFs in a browser with zero loss of fidelity (this is important as many of my use cases deal with TeX) and functions to annotate and markup the document. Markup could be collaborative.<p>The tools available in the marketplace are subpar at best - let's raise the bar and give people tools they're actually excited to use :-)<p>Some potential components: https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX https://github.com/kermitt2/grobid https://github.com/openannotation/annotator https://github.com/hyperstudio/Annotation-Studio https://developers.google.com/drive/realtime/overview http://quilljs.com/<p>F
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ind me on Skype at tom.p.griffin or you may email me at innovation@ieee.org. Looking forward to speaking with you and seeing how you can help :) :) :)
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ieee-innovation·May 28, 2014Submission

WTB Top Talent: Work on a Web-Based Document Rendering and Annotation Interface

Many of the world's most important documents are locked away in PDFs - perhaps the world's worst file format. Let's work to right that wrong. I am assembling a team of sharp individuals to design and develop an application that can be used to render PDFs in a browser with zero loss of fidelity (this is important as many of my use cases deal with TeX) and functions to annotate and markup the document. Markup could be collaborative. The tools available in the marketplace are subpar at best - let's raise the bar and give people tools they're actually excited to use :-) Some potential components: https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX https://github.com/kermitt2/grobid https://github.com/openannotation/annotator https://github.com/hyperstudio/Annotation-Studio https://developers.google.com/drive/realtime/overview http://quilljs.com/ Find me
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on Skype at tom.p.griffin or you may email me at innovation@ieee.org. Looking forward to speaking with you and seeing how you can help :) :) :)
1 points · Open discussion

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