BBCode (Bulletin Board Code) is used in forums and comment systems. This tool converts common BBCode tags to their HTML equivalents. Supports [b], [i], [u], [s], [url], [img], [color], [size], [quote], [code], [list], [*] and [center]. Runs in your browser.
[b], [url], and [img] to their HTML equivalents.[code] block preservation and newline handling.BBCode (Bulletin Board Code) is the lightweight markup language used by phpBB, vBulletin, XenForo, and other forum software. This converter translates BBCode to clean HTML — useful when migrating forum content to a website, CMS, or blog platform that expects HTML.
The converter handles the full standard BBCode tag set: [b] → <strong>, [i] → <em>, [u] → <u>, [url] → <a href>, [img] → <img>, [color] → inline style, [size] → em-based font-size, [quote] → <blockquote>, [list]/[*] → <ul>/<li>, and [code] → <pre><code>. Nested tags and mixed content are handled correctly.
[code] blocks output as <pre><code> with content preserved<br> or preserved as block-level breaksBBCode prevents users from injecting arbitrary HTML and JavaScript. The server parses safe BBCode tags and converts only those — unknown or unsafe tags are stripped, making it an XSS-safe way to let users format posts.
Custom tags not in the standard set are left as-is or stripped. If your forum uses custom tags (e.g. [spoiler] or [video]), you'll need to add mappings or handle them manually after conversion.
Nested [quote] tags produce nested <blockquote> elements. The attribution parameter [quote=Username] is converted to a <cite> element inside the blockquote.
Use the BBCode to Text tool to strip all markup, or manually reverse the conversion. A dedicated HTML-to-BBCode converter is not currently in this tool set.
See also BBCode to Text for stripping all markup, and the HTML Formatter for cleaning up the output.