Extract text from Texinfo documents (TEXI)
To convert TEXI documents to another format, you need GNU Texinfo or other Developer software.
To convert other file formats to the "Documentation Source File" file type, you need software like GNU Texinfo or a similar tool.
A .texi file is a raw source code document written in the Texinfo markup language. Created by the GNU Project, Texinfo is an official documentation system designed to generate printed manuals, plain text, and online documentation from a single source file. Developers primarily use these files to write technical documentation for open-source software packages.
To process a .texi file, developers traditionally use command-line utilities like makeinfo, texi2any, or texi2pdf included in the GNU Texinfo suite. Because .texi files contain arcane macros (such as @node or @cindex), they are difficult for end-users to read in their raw state. The format is heavily tied to the Linux/Unix ecosystem and requires compilation to be universally accessible.
The main disadvantage of .texi is its lack of portability for non-technical users. You cannot easily read it in a web browser or a standard word processor without exposing the raw markup tags. Distributing a .texi file directly to an end-user usually results in confusion and layout issues.
To make the documentation usable, you must convert it. For universal web reading, convert .texi to HTML. For printing and offline archiving, convert to PDF. If you need to strip all formatting for a simple read-me, convert to TXT.
Convert.Guru analyzes your TEXI file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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If you want to convert TEXI file to , you can use GNU Texinfo or similar software from the "Software Documentation Source" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert files to TEXI, try GNU Texinfo or another comparable tool in the "Software Documentation Source" 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 TEXI converter.