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jove4015/epub-to-text
=====================

Extract text from a epub - based on spatie/pdf-to-text

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Extract text from an epub
=========================

[](#extract-text-from-an-epub)

This package provides a class to extract text from an epub.

```
 \jove4015\epub2txt\Epub::getText('book.epub'); //returns the text from the epub
```

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

Behind the scenes this package leverages [epub2txt](https://github.com/kevinboone/epub2txt2). You can verify if the binary installed on your system by issueing this command:

```
which epub2txt

```

If it is installed it will return the path to the binary.

To install the binary you can follow the instructions here: ([http://kevinboone.net/README\_epub2txt.html](http://kevinboone.net/README_epub2txt.html))

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
$ composer require jove4015/epub-to-text
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Extracting text from an epub is easy.

```
$text = (new Epub())
    ->setepub('book.epub')
    ->text();
```

Or easier:

```
 \jove4015\EpubToText\Epub::getText('book.epub')
```

By default the package will assume that the `epub2txt` is located at `/usr/bin/epub2txt`. If you're using the a different location pass the path to the binary in constructor

```
$text = (new Epub('/custom/path/to/epub2txt'))
    ->setepub('book.epub')
    ->text();
```

or as the second parameter to the `getText`-function:

```
 \jove4015\EpubToText\Epub::getText('book.epub', '/custom/path/to/epub2txt')
```

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
$ composer test
```

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Freek Van der Herten](https://github.com/freekmurze) - Wrote the original [pdf-to-text](https://github.com/spatie/pdf-to-text) package on which this is based
- [Kevin Boone](https://github.com/kevinboone) - Wrote the epub2txt CLI utility

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 46% of packages

Maintenance10

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 76.7% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~143 days

Recently: every ~160 days

Total

6

Last Release

3164d ago

Major Versions

0.0.1 → 1.0.12016-03-16

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/228216?v=4)[Steve Weiss](/maintainers/jove4015)[@jove4015](https://github.com/jove4015)

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