Markdown Table to HTML Converter
Convert Markdown tables to clean, semantic HTML table markup
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Department</th>
<th style="text-align: right">Salary</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>John Doe</td>
<td>Engineering</td>
<td style="text-align: right">95000</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jane Smith</td>
<td>Marketing</td>
<td style="text-align: right">78000</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bob Johnson</td>
<td>Engineering</td>
<td style="text-align: right">88000</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>| Name | Department | Salary |
|---|---|---|
| John Doe | Engineering | 95000 |
| Jane Smith | Marketing | 78000 |
| Bob Johnson | Engineering | 88000 |
How to Use This Tool
- Paste a Markdown table into the input box
- The HTML markup is generated instantly on the right
- Check the preview to confirm the table parsed correctly
- Copy the HTML into your page or template, or download it as an .html file
About Markdown Table to HTML Conversion
Sometimes you need just the table — not a full Markdown-to-HTML pipeline. Maybe you are dropping a table into an email template, a CMS that only accepts HTML, a static page, or a component where running a Markdown renderer would be overkill. This tool converts a Markdown pipe table directly into clean table markup you can paste anywhere.
The output is semantic HTML: a <table> with a <thead> for the header row and a <tbody> for the data rows, indented and readable. Column alignment from the Markdown separator row (:---: for center, ---: for right) is carried over as inline text-align styles on the matching cells, so the rendered table looks the way the Markdown intended without any external stylesheet.
Cell content is HTML-escaped — angle brackets, ampersands, and quotes become entities — so stray markup in your data renders as text instead of breaking the page. <br> line breaks inside Markdown cells are preserved as real line breaks in the HTML cells. The whole conversion runs in your browser; nothing is uploaded.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the HTML safe to embed?
Cell content is HTML-escaped, so any markup inside cells is rendered as text rather than executed. Alignment from the Markdown separator row becomes inline text-align styles.
Does the output include any CSS classes?
No. The markup is intentionally unopinionated — plain table, thead, tbody, th, and td elements — so it inherits whatever styles your site already applies to tables. Only column alignment is added, as inline styles.
Can I convert a whole Markdown document?
This tool focuses on tables and converts the first table it finds in your input. For full documents with headings, lists, and code blocks, use our Markdown to HTML converter instead.