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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By: https://retrotxt.com

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Users: 674 ▲ 3

Rating: 4.70 (10)

Version: 5.4.0 (Last updated: 2024-02-14)

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: 7.32M

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

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Stats date:

Chrome-Stats Rank

# 33216 ▲ 48

Other rankings

#99 in Functionality & UI ▲ 1 #246 in font keyword 61 ▲

Other platforms

Not available on Firefox

RetroTxt (v5.4.0)

3.50 (2) 394

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Summary

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Turn pieces of ANSI, ASCII, and NFO documents into a web document. RetroTxt is the browser 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

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Great for viewing logfiles
Useful for reading .nfo files
Works well for viewing ansi files in browser

Cons

Settings like palette and page wrap don't persist
Half of the ansis are not viewed correctly
Lots of 'unknown control' and 'unknown function' errors

Most mentioned

Great for viewing logfiles
Useful for reading .nfo files
Works well for viewing ansi files in browser

Recent reviews

Great for viewing logfiles! Although some settings like the palette and page wrap don't persist.

Michael Pang, 2023-05-18

Word, legendary addon! //#1733 Cellblock AoD

Christoffer “Severin” Willgren, 2022-03-15

Great little tool! I use it for viewing log from (simulated) embedded devices.

Anatoli Verkhovski, 2021-09-03

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Safety

Risk impact

RetroTxt may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.