Markdown to HTML Converter
Turn Markdown into clean, valid HTML in seconds. Paste your Markdown into Dillinger and watch the HTML render live — then copy it or export a standalone file. Free, no signup, and it runs right in your browser.
Open the Editor to convert your MarkdownConvert Markdown to clean HTML
Markdown is a plain-text writing format, but browsers, email clients, and most publishing platforms speak HTML. A converter bridges the two: you write in the simple, readable Markdown syntax, and the tool produces the structured HTML tags the web actually renders. Dillinger uses the battle-tested markdown-it parser, the same engine trusted by countless documentation sites, to produce HTML that follows the CommonMark and GitHub-flavored Markdown specifications.
Because the conversion is instant and live, there is no convert-and-wait step. As you type or paste, the right-hand preview updates in real time so you can see exactly how every heading, list, and code block will look once it becomes HTML.
What gets converted
Every common Markdown element maps to a predictable HTML tag. Here is how the most-used pieces of Markdown translate into the output you can copy or export.
Headings
Each # level maps to a corresponding <h1> through <h6> tag. Dillinger also generates slugged id attributes so your headings double as anchor targets.
Markdown
## Getting StartedHTML
<h2 id="getting-started">Getting Started</h2>Lists
Unordered lists become <ul>/<li> and ordered lists become <ol>/<li>. Nested lists are converted into properly nested child elements.
Markdown
- First item
- Second item
- Nested itemHTML
<ul>
<li>First item</li>
<li>Second item
<ul><li>Nested item</li></ul>
</li>
</ul>Links and images
Inline and reference links become <a> tags, and images become <img> tags with the alt text preserved as the alt attribute.
Markdown
[Docs](https://dillinger.io)
HTML
<a href="https://dillinger.io">Docs</a>
<img src="/logo.png" alt="Logo">Code blocks
Fenced code blocks become <pre><code> with a language-* class so syntax highlighters can color the output. Inline `code` becomes a <code> tag.
Markdown
```js
const x = 42;
```HTML
<pre><code class="language-js">const x = 42;
</code></pre>Tables
GitHub-flavored Markdown tables are converted to full <table> markup with <thead>, <tbody>, and alignment styles derived from the separator row.
Markdown
| Name | Role |
|------|------|
| Ada | Lead |HTML
<table>
<thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Role</th></tr></thead>
<tbody><tr><td>Ada</td><td>Lead</td></tr></tbody>
</table>Copy or export your HTML
Once the preview looks right, getting the HTML out is one click. Copy the rendered markup straight to your clipboard to paste into a CMS, an email template, or a static-site project. Prefer a file? Export a self-contained .html document you can open in any browser, or export to PDF when you need a polished, shareable artifact.
You can also keep working in the original Markdown and re-export at any time — Dillinger never locks your content into a proprietary format. The Markdown source is always yours to download.
Live, private, no signup
There is nothing to install and no account to create. The conversion happens entirely in your browser, which means your draft stays on your machine unless you deliberately connect a cloud service. That makes Dillinger a good fit for sensitive notes, internal docs, and anything you would rather not upload to a third-party server just to see some HTML.
Output is sanitized with DOMPurify before it reaches the preview, so the HTML you copy is clean and safe to drop into your own pages.
Convert your Markdown now
Paste any Markdown into Dillinger and the HTML appears instantly. Copy it, export it, or keep editing — all in one place.