How to convert BBCode to Markdown
Rescue forum posts written in BBCode into clean Markdown — ideal for migrating a community, archiving threads, or republishing old guides on a modern site.
Years of forum knowledge often sits locked in BBCode — the [b]…[/b] tag format of phpBB, vBulletin, and their kin. BBCode to Markdown converts those posts into clean Markdown so the content can live on a modern platform.
What converts
The tool unwraps BBCode's bracket tags into Markdown:
[b]/[i]→**bold**/*italic*[url=…]text[/url]→[text](url)[code]→ fenced code blocks[quote]→>blockquotes[list]with[*]items → Markdown lists
The output renders correctly on GitHub, static sites, and any Markdown-aware system.
Where it helps
- Migrating a forum to a modern community platform or a static knowledge base.
- Archiving valuable threads — tutorials, FAQs, build logs — as durable Markdown.
- Republishing your own old posts on a blog or docs site.
Bulk migrations
If you're moving an entire forum, treat it as a pipeline: convert each post as you export it, preserve thread and author metadata alongside the Markdown, and keep attachments in a parallel folder. The payoff is a searchable, portable archive instead of content stuck in legacy software.
The reverse direction
Still posting to a BBCode forum? Markdown to BBCode lets you draft in Markdown and convert to BBCode for submission.
Privacy
Conversion runs locally, so private or members-only content stays in your browser.
Bring your community's history into a format that will still be readable in ten years.