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BBCode to HTML converter

Convert BBCode from forums into clean HTML markup.

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BBCode to HTML converter
Paste BBCode and get HTML you can drop into a web page, a CMS field or an email template. Forums running phpBB, vBulletin, XenForo or MyBB store posts as square-bracket tags, and moving that content anywhere outside the board means rewriting those tags as real markup — this tool does exactly that. Use it to republish a forum thread on a blog, to migrate old community content into a new platform, or to preview how a BBCode snippet will actually render.
The mappings are concrete: [b] becomes <strong>, [i] becomes <em>, [u] becomes <u> and [s] becomes <s>. [url=…] and a bare [url] turn into <a href>, [img] into <img src>, and [quote] into <blockquote> — with [quote=name] adding a <cite>. [code] becomes a <pre><code> block whose contents stay literal, [color=red] and [size=4] become <span style> spans, [center] a centred <div>, and [list], [list=1] and [*] become <ul>, <ol> and <li>. Every stray < > and & in your text is escaped to an HTML entity, so pasted content can never inject markup, and any tag the tool does not know is left in place as plain text.
Switch the direction option to go the other way and turn HTML back into BBCode for posting on a board that rejects raw markup — the same core tags, mapped in reverse. One honest caveat: BBCode is not a single standard, so exotic or forum-specific tags may need a manual touch-up.
The conversion runs entirely in your browser and nothing is uploaded, so drafts, client work and private posts are safe to paste. Copy the finished HTML or download it as a .txt file.
FAQ
Which BBCode tags are converted?
Bold, italic, underline and strikethrough ([b], [i], [u], [s]), links ([url] and [url=…]), images ([img]), quotes ([quote] and [quote=name]), code blocks ([code]), colour and size spans ([color=…], [size=…]), centred text ([center]) and lists ([list], [list=1], [*]). Unknown tags are left in place as plain text.
Can it convert HTML back to BBCode?
Yes. Switch the direction option to HTML to BBCode and the tool maps the same core tags in reverse — handy for pasting formatted content onto a forum that rejects raw HTML.
Is the output safe to put on a web page?
Stray angle brackets and ampersands in your text are escaped to HTML entities, so the text content cannot inject markup. Only the tags the tool recognises are turned into HTML. As with any pasted markup, review [url] and [img] targets before publishing.
Will every forum's BBCode convert cleanly?
The core tags convert reliably, but BBCode is not a single standard: some boards add custom tags like [spoiler] or [table]. Those are left as plain text so you can adjust them by hand.
Is my BBCode uploaded anywhere?
No. The conversion happens entirely in your browser, so forum posts, drafts and private content never touch a server.