Workflow & Usage
- Choose a mode: Encode (text → safe HTML) or Decode (HTML entities → readable text).
- Paste or type your content into the input area. Multi-line text and HTML blocks are supported.
- Edit freely. The output updates live as you type or switch modes.
- Copy the output with one click when you’re done.
Badges below the output show the current mode, line count, and character count so you can quickly verify the result.
Use Cases
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Displaying user-generated content
Escape text safely before rendering it inside HTML. -
Showing code snippets
Encode HTML so it appears as text in documentation or blog posts. -
CMS & content workflows
Clean and prepare text before pasting it into editors or templates. -
Debugging encoded strings
Decode copied HTML entities to inspect the original content. -
Email & template previews
Preserve line breaks while safely escaping markup.
Tips for Best Results
- Encode before rendering. Always encode untrusted text before inserting it into HTML.
- Decode for inspection only. Avoid decoding and injecting content directly into live pages unless it’s trusted.
- Line breaks are preserved. New lines are converted to
<br>on encode and restored on decode. - Treat input as a block. This tool is designed for full text or HTML snippets, not line-by-line lists.
How It Works
Everything runs client-side using standard browser APIs:
- Character escaping replaces special HTML characters with entities.
- Native HTML parsing is used to decode entities reliably.
- Newline handling converts
\n↔<br>to preserve formatting. - Live transforms happen entirely in memory as you type.
- No network calls — nothing is uploaded or stored.
