Xpdf-tools-win-4.04
Release Date: 2022 Platform: Microsoft Windows (32-bit & 64-bit) License: Proprietary / Open Source (GPL components)
pdftohtml input.pdf output.html
Use -c for complex/complex output.
Should you update to 4.05 or 4.06? Check the official changelog: xpdf-tools-win-4.04
If you do not need JPX (JPEG2000) decoding or overlay printing, stay on 4.04. The command syntax remains identical, but the output of pdfinfo -meta changed slightly in 4.05, breaking some XML parsers.
When you download xpdf-tools-win-4.04, you are not getting a single program. You are getting a Swiss Army knife of PDF tools. Here are the key executables included in the bin64 or bin32 folder: Release Date: 2022 Platform: Microsoft Windows (32-bit &
Unlike many modern tools that require .NET, Python, or MSVC runtimes, Xpdf Tools are statically linked. They run immediately on any Windows version from Windows 7 to Windows 11 (including Server editions).
pdfinfo input.pdf
Output includes:
While all tools work out of the box, version 4.04 supports a configuration file (xpdfrc) to set defaults. Place this file in the same directory as the executables. Example configuration:
# xpdfrc for version 4.04
textEncoding UTF-8
textEOL dos
fontDir C:\Windows\Fonts
enableT1lib yes
enableFreeType yes
This ensures all text output uses Windows line endings and proper font rendering. Use -c for complex/complex output