macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install vilistextumlocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Install vilistextum with Homebrew, apt, zypper
HTML to text converter. Version 2.6.9 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
install
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Linux
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install vilistextumDebian stable package indexes · vilistextum · source: deb.debian.org
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install vilistextumopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · vilistextum · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
HTML to text converter
Project links
Commands and aliases
- vilistextum
history
Project history and usage
Vilistextum is a small command-line converter from HTML to plain ASCII/text, written by Patric Mueller. Its niche is fault-tolerant conversion of imperfect or quirky HTML into readable terminal, mail, or ebook-oriented text.
Project history
The upstream homepage identifies release 2.6.9 as dated October 22, 2006 and describes Vilistextum as GPLv2 free software. The tool predates today's browser-based HTML-to-text converters and sits in the older Unix tradition of command filters that read from files or standard input and write transformed text to files or standard output.
How it is used
Vilistextum is used to strip HTML into readable text while preserving useful structure such as link footnotes, image alt text, selected character/entity conversions, line wrapping, and multibyte character handling. The manual explicitly compares link-footnote output to `lynx -dump`, and the upstream site includes instructions for using it to read HTML mail in gnus or mutt.
Why package nerds care
Its package significance is modest but real: Vilistextum is one of the tiny, stable, old-school text-conversion utilities that remain useful in scripts, mail readers, and archival workflows because they do one narrow job without a browser runtime.
Timeline
- 2006-10-22: Upstream release 2.6.9 is published.
- 2006-era documentation: The project documents HTML mail conversion workflows for gnus and mutt and manual options for link footnotes, line shrinking, character conversion, PDA-oriented output, and UTF-8 output when built with multibyte support.
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.
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 | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
vilistextum | 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 version2.6.9
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://bhaak.net/vilistextum/
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://bhaak.net/vilistextum/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:vilistextum |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.6.9 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/vilistextum |
| Homepage | https://bhaak.net/vilistextum/ |
| Upstream docs | https://bhaak.net/vilistextum/manual.html |
| License | GPL-2.0-only |
| Source archive | https://bhaak.net/vilistextum/vilistextum-2.6.9.tar.gz |
| 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 | vilistextum |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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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%
vilistextum 2.6.9-1.4
a HTML to text converter
https://bhaak.net/vilistextum/
sudo apt install vilistextum- Section: text
- Architecture: amd64
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vilistextum
Ubuntu apt95%
vilistextum 2.6.9-1.3
a HTML to text converter
https://bhaak.net/vilistextum/
sudo apt install vilistextum- Section: universe/text
- Architecture: amd64
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vilistextum
zypper95%
vilistextum 2.6.9-2.3
Convert HTML to text with hyperlink references
https://bhaak.net/vilistextum/index.html
sudo zypper install vilistextum- License: GPL-2.0-only
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: vilistextum
- 2 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vilistextum
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.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment