NextTool

HTML ↔ Markdown

How to use

Converts HTML into clean Markdown, or Markdown into HTML, in either direction. Useful for pulling content out of a web page to paste into a README, or turning written Markdown notes into HTML for a page. Paste your source, pick the direction, and copy the converted result.

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Input HTML
Output Markdown
# Hello

This is **NextTool**.

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When to use this
  • Pulling an article out of a webpage and converting it to Markdown for a README or wiki
  • Turning Markdown release notes into HTML for an email newsletter
  • Migrating documentation content between a Markdown-based wiki and an HTML-based CMS
  • Converting a Markdown changelog into HTML to embed in a product update page

Free and private. Everything runs on your own device, with no account and no uploads.

Pulling an article out of a webpage to paste into a README, or turning Markdown release notes into HTML for an email newsletter, both require format conversion that is tedious to do by hand. This tool converts HTML into clean Markdown, or Markdown into HTML, in either direction, letting developers and writers move content between formats without manually rewriting headings, links and lists.

Simple structures like headings, links, lists and basic tables convert cleanly, but deeply nested or heavily styled HTML layouts may lose some visual fidelity since Markdown has a simpler feature set than HTML.

No, it generates semantic HTML elements without any styling, you will need to apply your own CSS if you want the output to match a specific visual design.

Inline styles and custom attributes are generally dropped during conversion, since Markdown does not have an equivalent syntax for arbitrary HTML attributes.

For simple content the round trip is usually close to lossless, but complex formatting like custom classes, multi-column layouts or embedded scripts will not survive the conversion in either direction.

How it works
  1. 1

    Paste your source content

    Add HTML markup or Markdown text into the input box.

  2. 2

    Choose the conversion direction

    Select HTML to Markdown, or Markdown to HTML.

  3. 3

    Convert

    The tool transforms the content into the target format.

  4. 4

    Copy the converted result

    Copy the output into your README, CMS, or email tool.

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Pro tips
  • ·Expect simple structures like headings, links and lists to convert cleanly, but review deeply nested tables or heavily styled HTML by hand afterward.
  • ·Markdown-to-HTML output has no styling attached, apply your own CSS if you need it to match a specific design.
  • ·Do not expect a lossless round trip for complex content, custom classes, multi-column layouts and embedded scripts do not survive conversion either direction.