HTML Viewers

Browsers Viewers HTML to Text Extras Wares & Sites

Viewht25

Great viewer, can even handle modern sites (stripping away stuff it doesn't understand and displaying content in a readable way.
Core Links: [download]   [download]   [download]   [Solway's Software Page]

View

View, convert and print Wordperfect, Word, Ami Pro, Wordstar, Write, Notepad, HTML, ASCII, ANSI and UNIX files. The HTML viewer excellently converts (to text) and displays with smooth, line-by-line, scrolling.
Core Links: [download]   [view113a.zip & view111.zip]

dview172

Strips all the html tags away, keeps formatting and display the unaltered text.
Core Links: [download]   [download]

IntraDOS

A 300kb powerhouse. More than just a viewer. It's an internal (offline) LAN-based browser.
Core Links: [download]   [download]

htmlvw

It's only 8.4kb and... yet so fast at stripping tags and displaying!
Core Links: [download]

knots

I always loved knots. It was a lightweight local semi-graphical (no images) browser that was visually appealing to me. It has some issues with smooth scrolling and HTML support but when it worked, it was a thing of beauty.
Screenshots: [startup]   [features]   [limitations]   [future of knots]
Core Links: [download]   [download]   [download]

Elvis

An editor that renders html and shows you the rendered output. It's an editor and a viewer. On some systems (windows and linux), it's also a browser.
Core Links: [wikipedia]   [home]


ev

Extreme Viewer (ev.exe testPage-2021.htm): failed. The program nearly crashed my system.

heavy

Limited to 32kb files as a viewer. Untested this as an editor. The Ars Technica test page is 132kb in size.

highview

highv126.zip: highview file.htm : multiple issues. Scrolling not smooth, displayed text not well aligned, missing linefeeds.

hlist064

hlist.exe file.htm : failed. Only managed to display a few links from the top of the test page (Ars Technica). Nothing else displayed. Also... five lines are used to display file and program information. Too much lost screen real estate.

hlist081

hlist.exe file.htm : failed. Smooth scrolling, very fast load and display but... it loaded too much non-content (css, script info) and failed to display actual content because it was overwhelmed.

htmlv10c

I tested this a long time ago. On even simple html, it would report errors and crash. I did not retest.

l_h

Found L_H inside hpg13.zip. Long ago determined this was not a good html viewer. Did not retest.

vhtml12

vhtml.exe : It is like the more command. Displays one screen at a time. No ability to PgUp. No smooth scrolling. There is no way to exit until you reach the end of the file. Its html rendering is basic.

{-- 640kb ought to be enough for anyone --}

640kb.neocities.org | updated: 03 Nov 2025
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