Markdown to HTML Converter

What Is Markdown?

Markdown is a lightweight markup language that uses plain text symbols to format documents. A # before a line makes it a heading, **word** makes it bold, and a hyphen at the start of a line creates a list item. It is designed to be readable as plain text and automatically convertible to HTML. Markdown is the default writing format for GitHub README files, technical documentation sites (GitBook, Docusaurus, MkDocs), blog platforms (Ghost, Jekyll, Hugo), comment systems and many CMS platforms.

Why Convert Markdown to HTML?

Markdown is written by humans but web browsers render HTML. Converting Markdown to HTML lets you paste the output directly into a webpage, email newsletter, CMS HTML editor or any system that requires raw markup. It is also useful for previewing how your README or documentation will look before committing, or for extracting the HTML from a Markdown-based blog post to paste into a plain HTML email template.

Markdown Syntax Quick Reference

GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM)

GFM is GitHub's extension of standard Markdown. It adds tables (using pipe characters), task lists (- [x] for checked, - [ ] for unchecked), strikethrough (~~text~~), and fenced code blocks with syntax highlighting hints (```javascript). All GFM features are fully supported by this converter.