Markdown to HTML

A Markdown to HTML converter takes Markdown, the lightweight plain-text formatting syntax used by GitHub, Reddit, and most static site generators, and turns it into the HTML a browser actually renders. This free tool converts the full standard Markdown set, headings, bold and italic, links, images, blockquotes, ordered and unordered lists, and inline and fenced code, and it also supports GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM). That means pipe tables, task list checkboxes, strikethrough written with double tildes, and triple-backtick code fences all convert correctly, which matters because plain Markdown alone does not define tables or task lists. A live preview sits beside the editor so you see the rendered result update as you type, making it easy to catch a misaligned table or an unclosed code fence before you ship anything. The output is clean, semantic HTML: a heading becomes an h2, a list becomes a ul with li items, and a fenced code block becomes pre and code elements ready for a syntax highlighter. A couple of behaviors trip people up. Markdown treats a single line break as a soft wrap, so you need a blank line between blocks to get separate paragraphs, or two trailing spaces to force a hard break inside one. Markdown also allows raw HTML to pass straight through, so if your source came from somewhere untrusted, sanitize the output before publishing to avoid carrying through a stray script tag. Typical uses include moving a README into a CMS, drafting an HTML email, previewing documentation, or pasting into any system that accepts only raw HTML. Everything runs locally in your browser, so drafts and internal notes never leave your device.