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HTML Formatter & Minifier Online

Clean up HTML snippets for docs, templates, email fragments, CMS blocks, and publishing workflows. Format for review or minify for compact copy-ready output.

Quick answer

An HTML formatter makes a compact snippet easier to scan by adding line breaks and indentation.

An HTML minifier removes comments and extra whitespace for compact snippets.

Best inputs for HTML cleanup

Use snippets and fragments

This is best for short HTML blocks copied from docs, CMS fields, email templates, or examples.

Validate complete pages elsewhere

For full documents, use a standards validator after formatting and manual review.

HTML input

Paste an HTML snippet to format or minify it locally in the browser.

Try a common HTML snippet

HTML

Snippet analyzed

14 tags, 0 comments, 180 B input, 0 B removable whitespace/comment bytes estimated.

Output

Copy formatted or compact HTML for docs, templates, and quick snippets.

<section class="hero">
  <h1>
    AscendLab tools
  </h1>
  <p>
    Fast private tools for everyday work.
  </p>
  <ul>
    <li>
      Format snippets
    </li>
    <li>
      Preview output
    </li>
    <li>
      Copy clean code
    </li>
  </ul>
</section>

Example

Paste a one-line CMS embed, format it to inspect the tags, then convert it to Markdown if it belongs in a docs workflow.

Assumption

The input is an HTML snippet where tag-based indentation is enough for quick review.

Limitation

The formatter is lightweight and does not fully validate malformed HTML, embedded scripts, or template language syntax.

Suggested workflow