Markdown to HTML Preview
Preview Markdown as rendered HTML instantly in your browser, with a raw HTML view you can copy.
How to use this tool
Markdown is a lightweight syntax for formatting text — used in READMEs, documentation, chat apps, and static site generators — that's meant to be readable as plain text and rendered into proper HTML. This tool lets you see exactly how your Markdown will render before you commit it somewhere, and grab the underlying HTML if you need to paste it into a page directly.
For example, **bold** and _italic_ renders as bold and italic, and [a link](https://example.com) renders as a clickable link.
Type or paste Markdown into the box on the left — the rendered result updates automatically on the right. Switch Preview to Raw HTML to see the underlying markup as text, and click Copy HTML to copy it.
FAQ
Is this Markdown previewer free to use?
Yes, this tool is completely free to use with no limits on how often you can use it.
Does my Markdown get uploaded anywhere?
No. Parsing and rendering happen directly in your browser. Your text never leaves your computer.
Is it safe to preview Markdown from someone else, or with embedded HTML?
Markdown allows raw HTML to be mixed in, which is normally a cross-site scripting (XSS) risk if that HTML gets rendered as-is — a <script> tag or an onerror handler on an <img> could run arbitrary code. This tool runs everything through DOMPurify before displaying it, which strips dangerous tags, event handler attributes, and JavaScript-executing URLs while keeping normal formatting intact, so previewing untrusted Markdown here is safe.
What Markdown features are supported?
Standard Markdown plus common GitHub-Flavored extensions: headings, bold/italic, links, images, ordered and unordered lists, blockquotes, inline and fenced code blocks, tables, horizontal rules, and strikethrough.
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