HTML Encoder/Decoder

Safe and fast HTML entity conversion. Encode special characters or decode HTML entities back to text.

About HTML Entities

Some characters are reserved in HTML. For example, you cannot use the less than (<) or greater than (>) signs within your text, because the browser might mix them with tags. To display these characters, you must use entities.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why do I need to encode HTML?

HTML encoding prevents browsers from interpreting special characters as code. This is crucial for security (preventing XSS attacks) and correctly displaying code snippets.

What characters are encoded?

Characters like <, >, &, ", and ' are converted to their corresponding HTML entities (e.g., <, >, &).