# Install vilistextum with Homebrew, apt, zypper HTML to text converter. Version 2.6.9 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:vilistextum ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install vilistextum ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install vilistextum ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: vilistextum from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install vilistextum ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: vilistextum from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:vilistextum - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.6.9 - **Source summary:** HTML to text converter - **Homepage:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-only - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - vilistextum (cli) - vilistextum (alias) ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 2.6.9 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://bhaak.net/vilistextum/ - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## 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 Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** vilistextum - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - vilistextum - 2.6.9-1.4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: vilistextum from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | a HTML to text converter | https://bhaak.net/vilistextum/ - Ubuntu apt - vilistextum - 2.6.9-1.3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: vilistextum from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | a HTML to text converter | https://bhaak.net/vilistextum/ - zypper - vilistextum - 2.6.9-2.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: vilistextum from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Convert HTML to text with hyperlink references | https://bhaak.net/vilistextum/index.html ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [markdown](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/markdown/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, conversion, developer-tools, html, markup. - [html2markdown](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/html2markdown/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, conversion, developer-tools, html, markup. - [html2text](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/html2text/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, conversion, developer-tools, html, markup. - [discount](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/discount/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, html, markup. - [html-xml-utils](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/html-xml-utils/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, html, markup. - [htmlcleaner](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/htmlcleaner/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, html, markup. - [htmlcompressor](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/htmlcompressor/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, html, markup. - [htmlcxx](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/htmlcxx/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, html, markup. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/vilistextum.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/vilistextum.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph