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HTML Formatter & Minifier

Format (beautify) or minify HTML — safely, entirely in your browser.

HTML Formatter and Minifier Tool

Format or Minify HTML

How to Use This Tool

  1. Paste your HTML into the input box, or click "Load Sample" to try an example.
  2. Choose Format (to reformat it readably) or Minify (to shrink it).
  3. Click the action button.
  4. Copy the result.

Example

Input:

<div><h1>Hello</h1><p>Welcome</p></div>

Formatted:

<div>
  <h1>Hello</h1>
  <p>Welcome</p>
</div>

What "Safe Minification" Means Here

This tool removes HTML comments and unnecessary whitespace BETWEEN tags. It does not falsely claim to validate your HTML against the full standard, and it never touches the meaningful text content of your page or the content of protected blocks like <script>, <style>, <pre>, or <textarea>.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does "Format" do?

It reformats your HTML with consistent indentation so nested elements are clearly visible -- each tag's children are indented one level deeper, making the structure easy to read.

What does "Minify" actually remove?

HTML comments and unnecessary whitespace between tags. It deliberately does not rename attributes, strip tags, or restructure your markup -- only whitespace and comments are removed, so the result is predictable and safe to review.

Does minifying change the text content of my page?

No -- meaningful text between tags is left exactly as written. Only whitespace that exists purely BETWEEN tags (not inside a text node's own words) is collapsed, so "Hello World" never becomes "HelloWorld".

What happens to <script>, <style>, <pre>, and <textarea> content?

Those blocks are protected before any whitespace collapsing happens, since whitespace inside them can be meaningful (inside <pre>/<textarea>) or syntactically significant (inside <script>/<style>). Script and style blocks are still minified using this tool's own JavaScript/CSS logic; pre and textarea content is left completely untouched.

Does this validate my HTML against the HTML standard?

No -- this tool formats and minifies; it does not check your markup against the full HTML specification. Obvious structural issues may still produce a readable (if imperfect) result rather than a validation error.

Is my code sent anywhere?

No. Every transformation runs locally in your browser using JavaScript. Nothing you paste here is sent to Brekzy or stored anywhere.

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