PDF to HTML Converter
Drop a PDF, get a single self-contained HTML file you can read in any browser, host anywhere, or feed into web-based search tools. Each PDF page becomes a section; text content is preserved with paragraph structure.
Drop your PDF file here
Converts to .html — stays on your device
Why convert PDF to HTML?
- Republishing a PDF whitepaper or report on the web without keeping a separate PDF asset.
- Indexing the contents of a PDF library for full-text browser search (Ctrl-F across all docs).
- Reading a PDF on a Chromebook, school computer, or other locked-down machine where you can't install Acrobat or Preview.
- Feeding PDF content into a screen reader, translation tool, or accessibility workflow that reads HTML better than PDF.
- Archiving a research paper or article in a format that doesn't need a PDF reader and survives forever.
- Pulling text + page structure from a PDF into a docs site or knowledge base.
How our converter works
Your PDF is parsed by pdfjs-dist running in a Web Worker. Each page's text content is extracted via the PDF's text layer; line breaks are reconstructed heuristically. The HTML output wraps each PDF page in a `<section>` with a page number heading, paragraphs split on blank lines, and a clean default stylesheet (Georgia serif, ~42em column). The result is a single self-contained .html file. Conversion runs entirely in your browser.
Frequently asked questions
Will scanned PDFs work?
No. Scanned PDFs are images — text extraction needs OCR, which we don't currently run client-side. Use a desktop tool with OCR (Adobe Acrobat, Tesseract) for scans.
Will images come through?
Not in this converter — we extract text only, similar to pdftohtml's `-i` mode. For preserving images, use the PDF to PNG / PDF to JPG converters which rasterize entire pages.
Will the PDF's layout be preserved?
No. The output is reflowable HTML — paragraphs and page boundaries are kept, but multi-column layouts, tables, and pixel-precise positioning are flattened to a single column. For pixel-perfect reproduction, use PDF to PNG.
Is the HTML self-contained?
Yes — CSS is inlined in a `<style>` block, no external dependencies. You can email the file, drop it on a thumb drive, or host it from a single URL.
Are my files uploaded?
No. pdfjs-dist runs as JavaScript on this page. Sensitive PDFs stay on your device.
About the PDF format
PDF is the universal fixed-layout document format — perfect for distribution, awkward for web reading. HTML is the format every browser reads natively, with full support for search, accessibility, copy-paste, and reflowing to fit any screen. Converting PDF → HTML is what you do when a document needs to live on the web rather than as a download: republishing whitepapers, building searchable archives, making content readable on locked-down machines, or feeding PDFs into accessibility and translation pipelines. The conversion preserves text and page structure but flattens precise layout and drops images — for pixel-perfect reproduction, rasterize to PNG instead.