XML Formatter

Pretty-print XML with 2 spaces, 4 spaces or tabs. The input is checked for well-formedness first, so errors are reported with line and column.

Indentation

XML input

Output

Runs entirely in your browser. Your data is never uploaded.

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What is XML Formatter?

The XML Formatter re-indents XML so every element starts on its own line with consistent indentation. Elements that only contain text stay on one line. Before formatting, the document is checked for well-formedness, and problems such as mismatched tags are reported with their position.

How to use XML Formatter

Paste the XML into the input box or click Load sample.
Choose the Indentation (2 spaces, 4 spaces or Tab).
Click Format; the output also updates while you type.
Copy or download the formatted XML.

Example

Input

<a><b x="1">t</b><c/></a>

Output

<a>
  <b x="1">t</b>
  <c/>
</a>

When to use XML Formatter

Use it to read SOAP responses, sitemaps, RSS feeds, Android layouts or Maven POM files. Be careful with mixed content (text and tags interleaved, as in XHTML paragraphs): adding line breaks there can change whitespace that matters. It does not validate against a DTD or XSD.

How XML Formatter works

The input is first validated with the XMLValidator of fast-xml-parser, which checks tag nesting, attribute syntax and closing tags and reports a line and column. Valid documents are then formatted with the xml-formatter library: each element, comment and processing instruction is put on its own line with the chosen indentation, and text-only elements are collapsed onto one line (<b x="1">t</b>). Attribute values, CDATA and comments are kept.