Markdown Table Generator — CSV/TSV to Markdown Table
Paste CSV or tab-separated data and get a GitHub-flavored Markdown table — pipes escaped, alignment preserved, ready to drop into READMEs, issues and docs.
Last reviewed 2026-10-19. Rates change — verify against the official sources linked below before relying on these figures.
What this is based on
- First row becomes the header row; remaining rows are body rows.
- Delimiter auto-detected (tab beats comma when both appear — spreadsheet paste is TSV).
- Literal pipe characters inside cells are escaped as \| so the table can't break.
- Column alignment is left for all columns — set alignment by editing the --- separator row if you need :--: or --:.
- Everything runs locally in your browser — pasted content is never uploaded, logged or stored.
Spreadsheet → docs in one paste
Excel and Google Sheets copy as tab-separated text, which is exactly what this tool eats. Paste, copy the table, drop it in a PR description or README — no plugin needed.
Markdown tables are display syntax, not data: long cells make the source ugly but render fine. Keep tables to a handful of columns — wider belongs in a link to a real spreadsheet.
Markdown table quirks
The separator row (|---|---|) is mandatory — without it the first row renders as plain text. Alignment colons are optional decoration most renderers honor.
Pipes inside cell content must be escaped as \| or the row splits early. Code spans protect most characters but NOT the pipe inside tables — that's the one escape that surprises everyone.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I make a table in Markdown?
- Header row, a --- separator row, then one | a | b | row per data row. Paste your data above and it's generated for you.
- Can I paste straight from Excel?
- Yes — spreadsheet copy produces tab-separated text, which this detects automatically.
- How do I center a column?
- Edit the separator row: |:--:| centers, |--:| right-aligns, |--| or |:--| left-aligns.
- My table renders broken — why?
- Nine times out of ten it's an unescaped | inside a cell (escaped here automatically) or a missing separator row.
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