# Install htmldoc with Homebrew, apk, apt, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper Convert HTML to PDF or PostScript. Version 1.9.23 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-29. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install htmldoc. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:htmldoc ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install htmldoc ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install htmldoc ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: textproc/htmldoc/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add htmldoc ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: htmldoc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install htmldoc ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: htmldoc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#htmldoc ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ht/htmldoc/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S htmldoc ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: htmldoc from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install htmldoc ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: htmldoc from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:htmldoc - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 1.9.23 - **Source summary:** Convert HTML to PDF or PostScript - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-29T14:13:06+09:00 - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - htmldoc (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 1.9.23 ## Project history and usage HTMLDOC is Michael R Sweet's long-lived converter for turning HTML and Markdown source files or web pages into EPUB, PostScript, PDF, or indexed HTML output with an optional table of contents. It matters in package-manager culture because it preserves an older documentation-generator workflow: small static HTML goes in, printable documents come out, and the tool can be used from a GUI, a CLI, CI jobs, or web-server/reporting pipelines. ### Project history The upstream README says HTMLDOC was developed in the 1990s as a documentation generator for Sweet's previous company and later saw substantial use as a report generator embedded in web servers. The project site describes the same core job as converting HTML and Markdown sources or web pages to paged and ebook-oriented output formats. The source tree carries an older `release-1.8b4` tag dated 1999 and a long 1.8/1.9 tag line, showing a package with pre-GitHub roots that was later preserved in a public Git repository. The release notes and site also document the deliberate limitations that shaped its evolution: useful for documentation, invoices, and reports, but not a general modern browser engine with full CSS, forms, Unicode, or emoji support. ### Adoption history The input package facts record HTMLDOC in Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Alpine, and openSUSE-style packaging. That breadth fits a utility that is often installed by documentation build systems or server-side report generators rather than by end users seeking a full browser-to-PDF stack. ### How it is used HTMLDOC is used where relatively simple HTML or Markdown needs deterministic printable output: manuals, internal documentation, invoices, reports, and table-of-contents-based documents. Its appeal is the narrow converter surface: it can be automated from the command line while also offering a GUI for manual jobs. ### Why package nerds care For package nerds, HTMLDOC is interesting because it is an old-school Unix packaging survivor. It predates the headless-Chromium era, keeps a focused paged-output model, and remains small enough to package widely as a standalone converter instead of pulling in a browser runtime. ### Timeline - 1990s: HTMLDOC was developed as a documentation generator for Michael R Sweet's previous company. - 1999: The public Git history includes the `release-1.8b4` tag. - 2011-2024: Runtime version text in issue output identifies the 1.9 line as GPL software maintained by Michael R Sweet across that period. - 2026: The GitHub repository includes the `v1.9.23` tag for the continuing 1.9 series. - Package-manager era: The input package facts record HTMLDOC across Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Alpine, and zypper-family packaging. ### Related projects - HTMLDOC is related to other document converters and paged-output generators, but it occupies a narrower historical lane than browser-based HTML-to-PDF tools. Its closest package-manager neighbors are converters such as wkhtmltopdf, Pandoc, and headless-browser wrappers, while its design lineage is closer to static documentation and report generation. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - htmldoc - 1.9.20-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: htmldoc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | HTML processor that generates indexed HTML, PS, and PDF | https://www.msweet.org/htmldoc/ - Debian apt - htmldoc-common - 1.9.20-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: htmldoc-common from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Common arch-independent files for htmldoc | https://www.msweet.org/htmldoc/ - Nix - htmldoc: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ht/htmldoc/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - htmldoc - 1.9.17-1build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: htmldoc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | HTML processor that generates indexed HTML, PS, and PDF | https://www.msweet.org/htmldoc/ - Ubuntu apt - htmldoc-common - 1.9.17-1build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: htmldoc-common from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Common arch-independent files for htmldoc | https://www.msweet.org/htmldoc/ - apk - htmldoc - 1.9.23-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: htmldoc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | HTML conversion software | https://www.msweet.org/htmldoc/ - apk - htmldoc-doc - 1.9.23-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: htmldoc-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | HTML conversion software (documentation) | https://www.msweet.org/htmldoc/ - pacman - htmldoc - 1.9.23-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: htmldoc from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | HTML Conversion Software | https://www.msweet.org/htmldoc/ - zypper - htmldoc - 1.9.23-1.6: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: htmldoc from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | HTML Processor that Generates HTML, PostScript, and PDF Files | https://michaelrsweet.github.io/htmldoc/index.html - MacPorts - htmldoc: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: textproc/htmldoc/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/htmldoc.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/htmldoc.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph