Format, validate, and minify XML

XML Formatter & Beautifier

Paste XML to pretty print or minify it locally. The parser reports malformed XML and does not claim XSD validation.

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Strict XML validation

The browser XML parser validates one well-formed document. Element order, attributes, text, comments, and CDATA content are serialized without silently repairing malformed source.

Entity-safe by design

DOCTYPE and ENTITY declarations are rejected. The tool never resolves external DTDs, loads entities, runs scripts, or requests referenced resources.

Formatting boundaries

Pretty printing adds layout whitespace between markup tokens. Minifying removes inter-tag whitespace; it does not promise schema-aware canonical XML.

Practical input limit

Input is limited to 6 MB of text. Small files, common 100 KB and 1 MB inputs, and representative 5 MB workloads are supported locally; larger work should use a streaming or command-line workflow.

Security and privacy boundary

Input is parsed deterministically in this browser tab. It is not uploaded, logged, evaluated as code, or sent to a third-party API. Copy and download actions occur only when requested.

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