html2term

html2term is a lightweight Python library that converts minimal HTML-like markup into ANSI-styled terminal output. It supports text styles, colors (including truecolor hex), layout tags, and nested formatting, all with zero external dependencies and full cross-platform compatibility.

✨ Features

• Text Styles: <b>, <i>, <u>, <strike>, <blink>.
• Semantic Tags: <strong> (bold) and <em> (italic).
• 16 Standard Colors: <red>, <green>, <bg-blue>, etc.
• Truecolor (24-bit): Hex color support like <#RRGGBB> and <bg-#RRGGBB>.
• Layout: Line breaks (<br>) and tabs (<tab>).
• Nested Tags: <b><red>Important!</red></b> works as expected.
• Cross-Platform: Works on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
• Zero Dependencies: Only uses the Python standard library.

💾 Installation

Install html2term directly from PyPI:

pip install html2term

🚀 Usage

The package provides a simple function printc to parse and print styled text directly to your terminal.

from html2term import printc

# --- Basic Usage ---
printc("<b>Hello, <green>World</green>!</b>")
printc("<i>This is <u>very</u> important information.</i>")

# --- Nested Styles ---
printc("<b>This is bold, but <red>this part is also red.</red></b>")

# --- Hex Colors (Truecolor) ---
printc("<#ff00ff>This is magenta text.</#ff00ff>")
printc("<bg-#003366>Dark blue background.</bg-#003366>")
printc("<b><#ffff00>Combine styles with hex colors!</#ffff00></b>")

# --- Layout ---
printc("First line.<br/>Second line.")
printc("Column 1<tab/>Column 2")

You can also use the convert() function if you need the raw string with ANSI codes.

from html2term import convert

ansi_string = convert("<b><blue>I am a string</blue></b>")
print(ansi_string)
# Output: '\x1b[1m\x1b[34mI am a string\x1b[0m\x1b[1m\x1b[0m'

🏷️ Supported Tags

Styles

• <b>, <strong> - Bold
• <i>, <em> - Italic
• <u> - Underline
• <strike> - Strikethrough
• <blink> - Blinking text

Foreground Colors

• Standard: black, red, green, yellow, blue, magenta, cyan, white, default
• Hex: <#RRGGBB> (e.g., <#ff7f50>)

Background Colors

• Standard: bg-black, bg-red, bg-green, etc.
• Hex: <bg-#RRGGBB> (e.g., <bg-#0a0a0a>)

Layout

• <br>, <br/>, <br /> - Newline
• <tab>, <tab/>, <tab /> - Tab character

🤝 Contributing

Contributions, issues, and feature requests are welcome! Feel free to check the issues page.