Code Formatter & Minifier

Format, beautify, and minify JavaScript, CSS, HTML, SQL, YAML, and XML instantly. 100% client-side — your code never leaves your browser.

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What is a Code Formatter?

A code formatter is a tool that automatically restructures source code to follow consistent style conventions. It adds proper indentation, line breaks, and spacing without changing the code's functionality. Formatting makes code easier to read, review, and maintain — especially when working in teams where consistent style matters.

What is Code Minification?

Minification is the opposite of formatting: it removes all unnecessary whitespace, line breaks, and comments to produce the smallest possible file size. Minified code runs identically to the original but loads faster because there is less data to transfer. Minification is standard practice for production JavaScript, CSS, and HTML files.

Supported Languages

This tool supports six languages. JavaScript formatting handles proper indentation, spacing around operators, and newlines after statements. CSS formatting places one property per line with proper indentation inside selectors. HTML formatting indents nested tags while preserving inline elements. SQL formatting uppercases keywords and adds line breaks before major clauses like SELECT, FROM, WHERE, and JOIN. YAML formatting ensures consistent indentation and spacing. XML formatting indents nested elements with attribute alignment for readability.

All processing runs entirely in your browser using a custom tokenizer-based engine. No code is ever sent to a server. Whether you are cleaning up minified production code for debugging, preparing assets for deployment, or enforcing consistent style during code review, this tool gives you instant results with full privacy.

Frequently Asked Questions

Formatting adds whitespace, indentation, and line breaks to make code readable. Minifying removes all unnecessary whitespace and comments to reduce file size. Both operations preserve the code's functionality.

Typical JavaScript minification reduces file size by 30-60%, depending on the amount of whitespace, comments, and formatting in the original code. Combined with gzip compression, savings can exceed 80%.

Uppercasing SQL keywords (SELECT, FROM, WHERE) is a widely followed convention that improves readability by visually distinguishing keywords from table and column names. However, SQL is case-insensitive for keywords, so it is a style preference.