About this tool
Markdown to HTML parses headings, paragraphs, lists, links, quotations, code, and tables into web elements. Output can feed a blog, email template, or content system, while visual appearance remains controlled by CSS in the destination.
HTML can contain executable or dangerous structures. Strictly sanitize converted untrusted Markdown before inserting it into a site, especially raw HTML, URL schemes, image sources, and event attributes. Generated output is not automatically safe to publish.
How to use it
Enter and validate Markdown
Confirm links, images, code fences, and heading structure are complete.
Generate and preview HTML
Inspect semantic elements and actual rendering rather than only the source string.
Sanitize in the publishing system
Apply an allowed tag and attribute policy before destination styling.
Input and output example
The output is semantic structural markup with no theme styles inlined, so your own CSS applies cleanly.
## Install
Run `npm install`, then:
- Start the dev server
- Open localhost:3000<h2>Install</h2>
<p>Run <code>npm install</code>, then:</p>
<ul>
<li>Start the dev server</li>
<li>Open localhost:3000</li>
</ul>Supported range and limits
- Output
- A complete HTML document you can preview, copy or download
- Supported syntax
- The common Markdown set, including tables, code blocks, task lists and links
- Inline HTML
- Raw HTML tags in the Markdown are passed through unchanged; sanitise yourself when the source is untrusted
- Styling
- Structured HTML with no theme styles inlined, so your own CSS applies cleanly
- vs Markdown to PDF
- HTML stays editable and restyleable; PDF is a final fixed layout
- Typical use
- Pasting into a CMS or an email template, or as the body fragment of a static page
When you would use it
Migrating blog content
Convert Markdown body content into HTML accepted by a content system.
Creating an email or document fragment
Generate base semantic structure and adapt it to target platform limits.
Publishing technical notes into an HTML-only system
Rich-text editors in internal wikis and ticketing systems usually accept only HTML, and the conversion preserves headings, lists and code blocks on paste.
What to know before you start
- Conversion does not automatically provide a complete page `head`, CSS, or responsive layout.
- Untrusted output needs a mature HTML sanitizer; removing only `<script>` is insufficient.
- Relative links and image paths resolve from the final HTML location.
Related concepts
- semantic HTML
- HTML elements such as headings, paragraphs, lists, and code that express content structure.
- sanitization
- Security processing that removes dangerous tags, attributes, and URLs according to an explicit policy.