install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install bibtex2html

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install bibtex2html

MacPorts ports tree · textproc/bibtex2html/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%

sudo apt install bibtex2html

Debian stable package indexes · bibtex2html · source: deb.debian.org

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#bibtex2html

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/bi/bibtex2html/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

BibTeX to HTML converter

Project links

Commands and aliases

aux2bib
bib2bib
bibtex2html

history

Project history and usage

BibTeX2HTML is an OCaml-written collection of command-line tools for turning BibTeX bibliographies into HTML pages and for filtering BibTeX entries.

Project history

The official project page credits Jean-Christophe Filliatre and Claude Marche as authors and describes BibTeX2HTML as a collection of tools for translating BibTeX to HTML.

The changelog dates the first public release, version 0.1, to July 1997, followed by a rapid sequence of 0.x releases that added multiple bibliographies, online documentation, abstract handling, long options, macro translation, and filtering.

By version 1.0 in July 1999, BibTeX2HTML had become a practical publication-list generator with bib2bib filtering, footer control, citation-file support, macro handling, and BibTeX output preservation.

Adoption history

BibTeX2HTML became useful in the early web era because academics already maintained BibTeX files and needed HTML publication pages without manually duplicating bibliography data.

The official home page points to Debian, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Windows, macOS, Linux, and Solaris distribution artifacts or ports, showing long-lived cross-platform packaging beyond the original source release.

How it is used

The manual describes three command-line tools: bibtex2html for translating a .bib file into HTML, bib2bib for filtering bibliography entries by criteria, and aux2bib for extracting entries referenced by a LaTeX .aux file.

Typical users generate publication pages, add links from fields such as url, ps, and abstract, sort entries by dates or authors, and use bib2bib to select subsets of a bibliography.

Why package nerds care

BibTeX2HTML is package-nerd significant as a surviving 1990s Unix-style academic publishing tool: an OCaml CLI that bridges BibTeX, BibTeX styles, LaTeX-era metadata, and static HTML publication pages.

Its history also shows why package managers kept small bibliography converters around: they are glue tools for reproducible academic websites, not large applications.

Timeline

1997-07-17: Version 0.1 is marked as the first public release.
1998-11-18: Version 0.7 adds online documentation and long options.
1999-07-15: Version 1.0 adds fuller bib2bib filtering and publication-page features.
2008-07-08: Version 1.92 adds a Windows installer and cross-reference expansion.
2014-07-04: Version 1.98 fixes URL escaping and improves macro translation.
2018-03-23: Version 1.99 updates safety around string use and requires OCaml 4.03 or newer.

Related projects

BibTeX is the source bibliography format and external processor that BibTeX2HTML builds around.
HeVeA is listed by the project as a related LaTeX-to-HTML tool.
bib2bib and aux2bib are companion tools distributed with BibTeX2HTML.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 13 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure
`aux2bib`	cli	global executable
`bib2bib`	cli	global executable
`bibtex2html`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version1.99

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://usr.lmf.cnrs.fr/~jcf/bibtex2html/index.en.html

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://usr.lmf.cnrs.fr/~jcf/bibtex2html/index.en.htmlnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:bibtex2html
Version	1.99
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/bibtex2html
Homepage	https://usr.lmf.cnrs.fr/~jcf/bibtex2html/index.en.html
Repository	https://github.com/backtracking/bibtex2html
Upstream docs	https://github.com/backtracking/bibtex2html#readme
License	GPL-2.0-only
Source archive	https://usr.lmf.cnrs.fr/~jcf/ftp/bibtex2html/bibtex2html-1.99.tar.gz
Build dependencies	ocaml
Bottle	available (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	bibtex2html
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

bibtex2html 1.99-4+b4

filters BibTeX files and translates them to HTML

https://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/index.en.html

sudo apt install bibtex2html

Section: tex
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: bibtex2html
3 dependencies
1 optional deps
normalized package name match
Matched by: Bibtex2html

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: bibtex2html from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Nix95%

bibtex2html

nix profile install nixpkgs#bibtex2html

normalized package name match
Matched by: Bibtex2html

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/bi/bibtex2html/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Ubuntu apt95%

bibtex2html 1.99-4

filters BibTeX files and translates them to HTML

https://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/index.en.html

sudo apt install bibtex2html

Section: universe/tex
Architecture: amd64
3 dependencies
1 optional deps
normalized package name match
Matched by: Bibtex2html

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: bibtex2html from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

MacPorts95%

bibtex2html

sudo port install bibtex2html

normalized package name match
Matched by: Bibtex2html

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: textproc/bibtex2html/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/bibtex2html.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
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cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
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package version freshness
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