Convert an SVG file to HTML
Turn an SVG into an HTML file online. No account needed.
or drop your SVG anywhere on this page
SVG → PNG → PDF → DOCX → HTML
What comes back in the HTML file
SVG to HTML here gives you the words in your drawing as a plain web page, not the drawing itself. Press Select SVG file or drop an .svg on this page, then press Convert to HTML; there is nothing to set. Our server reads the English words it can see in the drawing and saves them one paragraph per line, so poster.svg comes back as poster.html. Shapes, colours, fonts and positions do not come across. Our test drawings gave this:
| The SVG | What the HTML held |
|---|---|
| A poster, 800 × 600: a white heading on a blue band, five lines below | Every line, café and £3 included, though 4pm came back as 49m |
| A flowchart: three labelled boxes joined by arrows | The three labels on one line, with no boxes or arrows |
| A bar chart: a title, month names and a figure over each bar | The title and the months, but the figures out of order and one missing |
| A round badge with words set along a curve | Only the straight word in the middle |
| A logo 180 × 40 pixels: a red square and a name | The name, plus stray letters read from the square |
| A tick icon with no words | An empty page, with no error |
| White lettering on a see-through background | An empty page: see-through parts turn white before the reading |
| A line each of German, Spanish and Greek | Grüße as GriiRe, señor as sefior, the Greek as nonsense |
How to convert SVG to HTML
- 1Select or drop your SVG
Nothing uploads until you press convert.
- 2Choose your options
We show the route and its fidelity grade up front.
- 3Download your HTML file
Then it is deleted after 24 hours, automatically.
Drawing instructions, not pixels. Scales to a billboard without blurring.
A document as markup. Opens in a browser, edits in anything.
4 steps. The file is rebuilt from a PDF and then re-saved. It will open and read well, but do not expect the original back.
Why this conversion takes four steps
There is no direct way from a drawing to a web page, so the route reads SVG → PNG → PDF → DOCX → HTML and is graded Good enough: it will open and read well, but do not expect the original back.
- The SVG is drawn as a PNG at the width and height written in the file, so small lettering stays small.
- The PNG goes on a PDF page, with any see-through parts filled with white.
- That page holds pixels but no text, so the English words in the picture are read and rebuilt as a Word document, one paragraph per line.
- The Word document is saved as HTML, titled with your file name.
If you only need the SVG on a web page
Then you may not need to convert anything. A web browser opens an .svg file on its own, and a web page can show one through an image element, just like a PNG, or with the SVG's code pasted into its HTML (inline SVG), where the words stay real text. We checked both in Chromium.
Where a site or app refuses SVG, convert SVG to PNG in your browser instead: the picture is drawn at the size set in the SVG, and see-through areas stay see-through.
Better routes for an SVG
- Image to Text reads the English words in an SVG and shows them on the page, ready to copy or save as a .txt file.
- Convert SVG to Word to keep the drawing: it goes into the document as a picture, and the words typed in the SVG follow it as text you can edit. Convert SVG to ODT or convert SVG to RTF for other word processors.
- SVG to PDF, also made in your browser, puts the drawing itself on a page to print or send.
- Going the other way, convert HTML to SVG draws each page of an HTML file as vector shapes.
Questions people ask
How do I convert SVG to HTML?
Press Select SVG file, or drop the .svg on this page; nothing uploads until you convert. Check the route and its grade, shown before you start, then press Convert to HTML and download the .html file. It runs on our server, and both your SVG and the HTML are deleted 24 hours after the conversion.
Will the HTML look exactly like the SVG?
No. This pair is graded Good enough, and the HTML is a plain page of words: no shapes, colours or fonts from the drawing, and nothing in its original place. Words laid out side by side, like the boxes of a flowchart, come back as one line, and the labels of a chart can come back in a different order.
Will my drawing still be in the HTML file?
No. No picture of any kind is placed in it, so the HTML holds only the words read from the drawing. A drawing with no words, such as an icon, gives an empty page, and the conversion still finishes without an error to warn you.
Will the text in my SVG stay editable?
Yes, as ordinary text in the HTML, which you can change in any text or web editor. It is read from a picture, though, not copied from the SVG: clear English lettering reads best, some accented letters come out wrong (Grüße became GriiRe in our test, while café was right), other alphabets such as Greek turn into nonsense, and words set along a curve can be lost. Check names and figures against the original.
Does the HTML keep my SVG code?
No. The first step of the route, SVG → PNG, draws the SVG as pixels, so its code, shapes and links are gone before the words are read. To use the SVG itself on a web page, paste its code into your HTML or point an image element at the file: there is nothing to convert.
Why does this conversion count toward my daily limit?
Because it runs on our server, where the words are read, not in your browser. The free plan allows three conversions a day, one file at a time, each up to 25 MB, with no account; Pro and Business take files up to 100 MB with no daily cap. SVG to PNG, JPG, WebP and PDF are made in your browser, so they have no daily limit.
Is converting SVG to HTML free?
Yes. Up to 25 MB and three conversions a day are free, with no account. Pro and Business lift the file limit to 100 MB and remove the daily cap.
What happens to my files?
Both your SVG and the HTML we produce are deleted 24 hours after each conversion, automatically. Try again and Continue to another tool start a new conversion, with its own 24 hours. Nothing is used for training and no human looks at your documents.
Do I need to install anything?
No. Nothing to install. Pick or drop a file here, it's converted on our servers, and you download the result.
How large can my file be?
25 MB on the free plan, and 100 MB on Pro and Business.
Can I convert several files at once?
On Pro and Business, yes: add up to 100 files before converting. The free plan converts one file at a time.
