HTML Formatter
Format messy or minified HTML into clean, properly indented markup.
Readable markup
HTML that comes minified, or copied with mangled indentation, is hard to read and to edit — nested elements running together with no sense of structure. Formatting restores clean indentation and line breaks so the nesting of elements is visible and you can work with the markup. This reformats your HTML into a tidy, readable layout.
Paste the HTML and it comes back properly indented.
Reading and editing markup
The everyday use is making inherited or generated HTML workable: a minified page you need to understand, output from a tool that produces dense markup, or a snippet pasted with lost formatting. Seeing the element hierarchy laid out makes it far easier to find what you need and spot an unclosed tag. As with other formatters, this changes only the layout, never the content — the rendered page is identical, just the source is legible.
Common questions
Does formatting change how the page looks?
No — it only reformats the source layout. The rendered page is identical; the markup is just legible.
What is it useful for?
Reading minified or generated HTML, and tidying markup pasted with lost formatting so you can edit it.
Is my HTML uploaded?
No. The formatting happens in your browser.