rtf-to-html

Convert RTF documents to clean, semantic HTML.

Support

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Features

• Converts RTF to semantic HTML (<strong>, <em>, <u>)
• Paragraph structure preserved with <p> tags
• XSS-safe output (HTML entities escaped)
• Plain text extraction (strips all formatting)
• Zero unsafe code

Installation

[dependencies]
rtf-to-html = "0.1"

Usage

Convert RTF to HTML

use rtf_to_html::rtf_to_html;

let rtf = br#"{\rtf1\ansi\deff0 {\b Bold} and {\i italic} text}"#;
let html = rtf_to_html(rtf).unwrap();
// Output: <p><strong>Bold</strong> and <em>italic</em> text</p>

Extract Plain Text

use rtf_to_html::rtf_to_plain_text;

let rtf = br#"{\rtf1\ansi\deff0 Hello World}"#;
let text = rtf_to_plain_text(rtf).unwrap();
// Output: Hello World

Supported Formatting

Limitations

This crate focuses on basic text formatting. The following are not currently supported:

• Hyperlinks (\field with HYPERLINK)
• Embedded images or objects
• Tables
• Font sizes and colors
• Lists (numbered/bulleted)

Contributions welcome!

License

Licensed under either of:

• Apache License, Version 2.0 (LICENSE-APACHE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
• MIT license (LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

at your option.

Credits

Built by TwelveTake Studios. Uses the rtf-parser crate for RTF parsing.