Extract text from SHTML files
To convert your SHTML file to another format, you need Apache HTTP Server or other Web software.
To convert other file formats to the "Server-Side Include File" file type, you need software like Apache HTTP Server or a similar tool.
A .SHTML file is a web page containing Server Side Includes (SSI), typically processed by web servers like Apache HTTP Server or Nginx before being sent to a user's browser. Unlike standard HTML files, .SHTML documents contain special directives (e.g., <!--#include -->) that instruct the server to insert content dynamically, such as headers, footers, or timestamps, at the moment of the request.
Because these files rely on real-time server processing, opening an .SHTML file directly on your local computer often results in broken layouts or visible code placeholders, as standard web browsers cannot execute the server-side directives offline. This makes them difficult to preview or share without a live server environment. Furthermore, owing to their script-execution capabilities, .SHTML extensions are occasionally exploited in phishing campaigns to bypass email filters. For safer viewing, archiving, or editing, users should convert .SHTML files to standard HTML (to flatten the code), PDF (for a visual archive), or TXT (for code inspection).
Convert.Guru analyzes your SHTML file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted SHTM, HTML, PDF, MHTML, JPG, GFX, CRDOWNLOAD, LIB, CONFIG and MAP files.
If you want to convert SHTML file to HTML, HTM, CSS, JS, PHP, ASP, ASPX, JSP, JSPX, PY, RB or PL, you can use Apache HTTP Server or similar software from the "Server-Side Web Page" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert RSS, CSS, CGI, SITEMAP, PL, WEBMANIFEST, JSON, JS, XML, HTML, ICO or HTM files to SHTML, try Apache HTTP Server or another comparable tool in the "Server-Side Web Page" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our SHTML converter.