HTML Entity Encoder / Decoder

HTML entities are special codes used to represent characters that have special meaning in HTML, such as < > and &. They prevent browsers from interpreting these characters as HTML tags.

Use HTML entities when displaying special characters in web pages, embedding code snippets in HTML, or preventing XSS attacks by escaping user input.

Named entities use descriptive names like &amp; for &. Numeric entities use the Unicode code point. Named entities are more readable but not available for all characters.

Yes! All processing happens entirely in your browser. Your data is never sent to any server. No data is collected, stored, or transmitted.

Yes. Any Unicode character can be converted to its numeric HTML entity. Common characters also have named entity equivalents shown in the reference table.