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Plain Text to HTML Converter
Convert plain text to clean HTML in your browser. Paragraphs, line breaks, headings, lists, blockquotes, and auto-linked URLs with live preview.
Quick presets
HTML output
Output updates instantly. Everything runs in your browser. Text is never uploaded.
Input chars
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Input lines
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HTML chars
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Block tags
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Auto-links
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Live preview
Options
How to use
- Paste any plain text into the left panel. Blank lines separate paragraphs by default.
- Pick a quick preset (Default, Blog post, Email body, Escape only) to jump to a common setup, or fine-tune the toggles below.
- Choose how single line breaks inside a paragraph behave: convert to <br>, join with a space, or drop entirely.
- Turn on heading, list, and blockquote detection if your text uses #, -, or > prefixes.
- Watch the HTML output and the live preview update as you type. Toggle Pretty-print for readable HTML, or Wrap in full document for a complete .html file.
- Click Copy HTML to copy the source, or Download .html to save the file.
About this tool
Plain Text to HTML Converter turns prose, notes, email bodies, and .txt files into clean, semantic HTML you can drop straight into a CMS, blog editor, email template, or static page. The conversion is deterministic and runs entirely in your browser. Every special character in the input is HTML-escaped first, so the result is safe to render no matter what you paste in. The text is then split on blank lines into paragraphs, with each block becoming a <p> by default, or an <h1>/<h2>/<h3> heading, a <blockquote>, or a <ul>/<ol> list when the corresponding detection toggles are on (headings prefixed with #, ##, or ###; blockquotes where every line starts with >; bulleted lists with -, *, or +; numbered lists with 1. or 1)). Single line breaks inside a paragraph can be converted to <br>, joined with a single space so prose reflows, or dropped entirely so only blank lines count as paragraph separators. URLs (http, https, and www.) and email addresses can be auto-linked, with rel="noopener noreferrer" on outbound links. The output panel shows the HTML source side by side with a live styled preview so you can verify the result before copying. Toggle pretty-print to keep the HTML readable, or turn it off for a single-line snippet. The Wrap in full HTML document option produces a complete file with <!DOCTYPE>, <html>, <head>, and <body> ready to save as a .html file. Useful for converting email drafts, plain-text essays, README prose, README content, exported notes, transcripts, and chat exports into HTML without paying for a CMS or a paid converter. Everything happens in your browser, so the text you convert is never uploaded.
Free to use. Works in your browser. No signup, no login.
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