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Convert LaTeX to HTML Online — Free FormaTeX Tool
Convert LaTeX to a standalone HTML page online, free. Preserves headings, math, tables, and images for web publishing.
A LaTeX paper, report, or article often needs a second life on the web — published as a blog post, embedded in a documentation site, or shared as a readable page instead of a PDF download. FormaTeX's LaTeX to HTML tool converts LaTeX source into a standalone, styled HTML page, free, with no account required.
Why Convert LaTeX to HTML
PDFs are great for print and archival, but they're a poor fit for the web: they don't reflow on mobile screens, they're not indexed as readably by search engines, and copying text out of them is often messy. Publishing the same content as HTML gives you a responsive, linkable, SEO-friendly page — while LaTeX to HTML conversion means you don't have to write that page by hand from your .tex source.
The hard part is math and structure. Naive converters either rasterize every equation into an image (losing selectability and accessibility) or fail on anything beyond the simplest LaTeX syntax. A proper conversion needs to render math as readable HTML/MathML or well-formed inline markup, keep your section hierarchy as real HTML headings, and turn tabular environments into actual <table> elements.
How to Use the Tool
- Go to formatex.io/tools/latex-to-html.
- Paste your LaTeX source or upload your
.texfile with any companion assets (images, bibliography). - Convert — the tool returns a complete, standalone HTML page.
- Download or copy the HTML to embed in your site, CMS, or documentation platform.
What Gets Preserved
| LaTeX element | HTML output |
|---|---|
\section, \subsection | <h1>, <h2>, <h3> |
Math ($...$, equation) | Rendered, readable math markup |
tabular tables | Native <table> elements |
\includegraphics | <img> tags with the image embedded or linked |
\cite{} + bibliography | Linked in-text citations with a reference list |
Emphasis (\textbf, \textit) | <strong>, <em> |
Common Use Cases
- Publishing research on a personal or lab website — Turn a paper's LaTeX source directly into a readable web page without a manual rewrite.
- Documentation sites — Technical documentation authored in LaTeX for PDF distribution can also ship as an HTML version for online browsing.
- Accessibility — HTML output is more accessible than a scanned or rasterized PDF for screen readers and reflows properly on mobile.
- SEO-friendly content distribution — Search engines index HTML content far more effectively than PDF text, making an HTML version useful for discoverability.
LaTeX to HTML vs. PDF-Only Distribution
Sharing only a PDF means your content is effectively invisible to search until someone finds and opens the file, and it renders poorly on small screens. An HTML version solves both problems while the PDF remains available for anyone who wants a print-quality, paginated copy — the two formats serve different audiences from the same source.
Tips for Best Results
Custom LaTeX macros and heavily customized document classes don't have a direct HTML equivalent, so expand custom commands to their base LaTeX before converting for the most predictable output. For documents with extensive TikZ figures, note that diagrams are converted to images in the HTML output — see the TikZ to Image tool if you need to generate or adjust those figures independently.
Related Tools
- LaTeX to Markdown — for a lighter-weight web-friendly format
- LaTeX to EPUB — for ebook distribution instead of web
- LaTeX Formatter — clean up source before converting
Get Started
Try the LaTeX to HTML converter now — free, no account required. Need this in an automated publishing pipeline? The FormaTeX API exposes the same conversion as a REST endpoint — see the getting started guide.
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