HTML Entity Encoder
Convert characters like <, >, and & into their safe HTML entity equivalents, so text displays correctly instead of being interpreted as code.
About this html entity encoder
Displaying raw text containing < or & on a webpage can break the page's HTML or create a security risk. Encoding converts them into safe entities that display correctly.
How html entity encoder works
Characters with special meaning in HTML are replaced with their named entity equivalents, for example < becomes <.
Common uses
- Safely displaying code snippets containing < or > on a webpage
- Preparing user-submitted text for safe HTML display
- Escaping text before embedding it in an HTML template
How to use this tool
- Enter your text.
- Click Process.
- Copy the HTML-encoded result.
What to know before using it
Encodes the core HTML-reserved characters, for full Unicode entity encoding of every character, a more specialized tool would be needed.
Privacy and browser-first processing
Your text is encoded entirely in your browser and is never uploaded or stored.
Frequently asked questions
Why do I need to encode < and >?
Browsers interpret these as the start of an HTML tag, encoding them as < and > makes them display as literal text instead of being treated as markup.