txt2tags Converter
FileFlip converts txt2tags files into 62 other formats entirely inside your browser, using Pandoc, MuPDF and ImageMagick compiled to WebAssembly. The txt2tags file is never uploaded to a server: it is read off your disk, converted on your own machine, and saved back by the browser. There is no file-size limit and no account to create.
How do I convert a txt2tags file?#
- Drop your txt2tags file onto the converter at the top of this page, or click it to pick one from your computer.
- Choose the format you want out of it. FileFlip downloads the engine that conversion needs, once, and your browser caches it.
- Conversion starts the moment you pick the format, and the result is yours to download. The work happens in this tab, so nothing is uploaded and nothing is queued.
Is it safe to convert txt2tags files online?#
Yes, because nothing is uploaded. FileFlip converts txt2tags files inside the browser tab you already have open, using WebAssembly builds of the same engines a desktop converter would install. Your file is read from your own disk into the page's memory, and no request carrying it is ever made.
You do not have to take that on trust. Open your browser's network panel, run a conversion, and you will see the engine come down and your file go nowhere. There is no upload, no server-side copy, no retention window, and no account tied to what you converted.
How FileFlip works lists every engine, its version and its download size, and shows how to check for yourself that nothing leaves your machine.
What happens to a txt2tags file#
FileFlip converts txt2tags into 62 formats with Pandoc, MuPDF and ImageMagick, all of it inside the browser tab. Each conversion below names the engine it uses, what it downloads, and exactly what that conversion keeps or drops.
| Category | Documents |
|---|---|
| File extension | .t2t |
| FileFlip support | Read only, so it is a source rather than a target |
| Conversions available | 62 |
| Engines | Pandoc, MuPDF and ImageMagick |
| Downloaded to your browser | 65.8 MB on the first conversion, then cached |
What is a txt2tags file?#
A T2T file holds txt2tags source, Aurelio Jargas' 2001 lightweight markup that its own command-line tool compiles into HTML, LaTeX, MediaWiki, DokuWiki and a dozen other target formats from one source file.
Use txt2tags for a document that needs to compile to several very different output formats from one plain-text source.
Convert a T2T file to Markdown when the txt2tags tool itself is no longer part of the workflow.
The txt2tags file format reference covers the specification, the programs that open one, and what each conversion keeps or drops.
txt2tags questions people ask#
What is a T2T file?
A T2T file holds txt2tags source, a lightweight plain-text markup created by Aurelio Jargas in 2001. It's meant to be compiled, not opened directly, since the txt2tags command-line tool turns one .t2t file into whichever output format the document actually needs.
What formats can txt2tags convert to?
txt2tags compiles a single .t2t source file to HTML, LaTeX, MediaWiki, DokuWiki, man pages, and several other targets, which is the whole point of the format: write once, generate whichever output a given publishing destination needs.
Is txt2tags still maintained?
Yes, though slowly. txt2tags reached version 3.9 in October 2023 under maintainer Jendrik Seipp, well over two decades after Aurelio Jargas' original 2001 release, and the format itself has changed very little in that time.