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Markdown to BBCode Converter
Post your Markdown notes on a forum — headings, lists, quotes and code converted.
Drop a Markdown file here, or click to choose one
Converted on your device — the file is never uploaded
BBCode
Quick Tool Overview
The Markdown to BBCode Converter rewrites Markdown as forum tags — headings, emphasis, lists, quotes, links, images and fenced code blocks — so notes can be posted without reformatting.
- What it does
- Converts Markdown into BBCode
- You give it
- Markdown notes or release notes
- You get back
- BBCode for a forum post
- Best for
- Turning a changelog into an announcement
About the Markdown to BBCode Converter
Release notes, documentation, changelogs and half the internet’s notes are written in Markdown. Forums and game communities still run on BBCode, and pasting Markdown into one gives a post full of asterisks and hashes.
Paste Markdown and get BBCode. Headings become bold — or bold inside [size] where your forum allows it — while **bold**, *italic*, ~~strikethrough~~, `inline code`, links, images, blockquotes and both kinds of list convert to their tags. Fenced code blocks become [code] with their contents untouched, so nothing inside them is turned into formatting. It is the fastest way to move a changelog from a README to an announcement thread.
Key features of the Markdown to BBCode Converter
Both list styles
Bulleted and numbered lists become [list] and [list=1].
Code blocks kept literal
Fenced blocks become [code] with nothing inside them formatted.
Links and images
[text](url) and  become [url] and [img] tags.
Headings your way
Bold everywhere, or bold inside [size] where the forum allows it.
Emphasis handled carefully
Underscores inside words are left alone, as Markdown intends.
How to use the Markdown to BBCode Converter
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Paste your Markdown
Release notes, a README section, or any notes.
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Choose how headings convert
Bold everywhere, or bold inside [size].
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Copy the BBCode
Paste it into the forum’s post box.
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4
Preview before posting
Forums vary in which tags they accept.
Frequently asked questions
Most forums have no table BBCode, so a table is left as it is. Post it inside a code block, or convert it separately if your forum supports [table].
Yes. ``` blocks become [code] and their contents are left untouched, so asterisks and underscores inside code stay literal.
Yes — [text](url) becomes [url=url]text[/url] and  becomes [img=alt]src[/img], which is the form most forums expect.
They are flattened to a single level, because BBCode list nesting is inconsistent between forum software and often renders badly.
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