Encode special characters into HTML entities or decode HTML entities back to their original characters. Prevents XSS by safely encoding user-generated content for display in HTML.
An HTML encoder/decoder converts special characters to their HTML entity equivalents and vice versa. Encoding characters like <, >, &, and quotes into entities like < and > is essential for safely displaying user-generated content in web pages and preventing Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. Our browser-based tool handles both encoding (text to entities) and decoding (entities to text), supporting named and numeric entity formats. All processing happens locally in your browser, ensuring your HTML content and code remain completely private.
HTML entities are special codes that represent characters which have special meaning in HTML. For example, '<' becomes '<', '>' becomes '>', and '&' becomes '&'.
Encoding prevents browsers from interpreting special characters as HTML markup. This is essential for displaying user-generated content safely and preventing Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks.
The essential characters are: & (&), < (<), > (>), " ("), and ' ('). Extended encoding also covers non-ASCII characters.
Yes. The decoder handles both named entities (like &, <, ) and numeric entities (like <, <).