RetroTxt

Turn pieces of ANSI based text art and ASCII, NFO plain text into HTML.

What is RetroTxt?

RetroTxt is a practical browser extension designed to upgrade your text file viewing experience. It takes plain text files, ASCII art, and ANSI documents and converts them into a stylized, reader-friendly web document in HTML. Equipped with features including customizable font/color settings, support for multiple text encodings, various retro computer fonts, SAUCE metadata parsing and swappable color palettes, RetroTxt presents a unique and convenient way to interact with fundamental text files. Notably, it requests no more than necessary permissions and never collects or transmits your data.

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Extension stats

By: https://retrotxt.com

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Users: 658 ▼ -13

Rating: 4.70 (10)

Version: 5.5.0 (Last updated: 2024-05-28)

Creation date: 2020-03-04

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

activeTab
contextMenus
scripting
storage

Host permissions:

*://*.retrotxt.com/*
https://*/
http://*/
file://*/

Size: 7.41M

Email: co*****@gmail.com

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Ranking

# 36960 ▼ 438

Other rankings

#149 in Functionality & UI #286 in font keyword 59 ▲ 10

Other platforms

RetroTxt (v4.2.1)

5.00

(6) 84

RetroTxt (v5.5.0)

3.50

(2) 486

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Extension summary

Analyze keywords

Turn pieces of ANSI, ASCII, and NFO documents into a web document. RetroTxt is the Extension that takes legacy and plain text files and stylizes them into a more acceptable, valid format to view or copy from a web browser tab.

View ANSI, ASCII, NFO, Shift JIS text art as HTML
View server, system, and dev-op logs styled with colored text
View BBS colored text files for Celerity, PC Board, Renegade, Telegard, Wildcat!, WVIV systems

** Please note that when installing RetroTxt requests, Read and change all data permissions. While necessary, RetroTxt ignores all websites except those you tell it to monitor in the background and never collects or transmits any data. Learn more: https://docs.retrotxt.com/usage/secure/

Features

Swappable palettes for different color simulations VGA, CGA, Unix xterm, Apple IIgs, Commodore 64, monochrome and switchable iCE Colors
Customizable font and background colors
SAUCE metadata parsing
Support for multiple text encodings

User reviews

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Pros

Great for viewing log files
Free to use
Consistent and well-maintained plugin
Allows viewing of ANSI files directly in the browser
Useful options for customization

Cons

Some settings do not persist
Assumes an 80-character width which may not be applicable for all log files
Inconsistent drawing of ANSI sequences, with unknown control and function errors

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