Paste minified or jumbled code and get it back nicely indented. The beautifier supports HTML, CSS, JavaScript and JSON, each with format-aware indentation: HTML respects void elements, CSS lines up declarations under their selector, JS wraps after braces and semicolons, JSON uses the standard two-space layout. Use it to read third-party scripts, audit a competitor's source, or reformat a stylesheet before committing.
How to use Code Beautifier
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Paste Your code
Drop your code into the editor — it accepts files of any size that your browser can handle.
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Choose the Options
Set indent width, comment handling, and other beautify preferences from the toolbar.
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Beautify the Code
Click the beautify button to process the code entirely in your browser — nothing is uploaded.
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Copy or Download
Copy the beautify-ready code to your clipboard or save it as a file for your build pipeline.
Why Use Code Beautifier
Ugly, minified, or inconsistently indented code is a productivity tax. Code Beautifier normalizes formatting so diffs are meaningful, code reviews stay focused on logic, and beginners aren't intimidated by wall-of-text output. It's the kind of tool you invoke reflexively — copy, paste, tidy, back to work. Toolzer's design philosophy is simple: privacy-first (no tracking, no accounts), performance-first (the page is interactive in under a second on a 3G connection), and honesty-first (no fake ratings, no dark patterns, no upsells). Code Beautifier follows the same rules as every other utility on the site. You can bookmark this page, share the URL with a colleague, or pin it to your browser's toolbar — the experience will be identical every visit, and it will keep working even if you're on airplane Wi-Fi. Real people use this tool for real work — freelancers cleaning up client deliverables, sysadmins triaging tickets, students finishing assignments — and it is tuned for those workflows, not for demo videos.
Tips & Best Practices
1Configure your editor or CI to run the same formatting rules so your diffs stay noise-free.
2Format before you commit, not after — a formatting change squashed into a feature PR hides real logic changes.
3Turn on 'sort keys' when you need stable JSON diffs between environments.
4Keep a minified copy for production and a formatted copy for reading; don't ship the formatted version.
5If formatting fails, the input almost certainly has a syntax error — the error message points to the exact line.
Common Use Cases
1Debugging an API response, config file, or token during day-to-day development without leaving the browser.
2Sharing a formatted, human-readable version of raw data with a teammate in code review or chat.
3Prototyping and testing edge cases while writing unit tests or documentation.
4Cleaning up data pasted from logs, spreadsheets, or third-party dashboards before importing it elsewhere.
5Learning a new format, encoding, or algorithm by experimenting with real inputs and seeing the output instantly.
Frequently asked questions
Is this a full code formatter like Prettier?
No — Prettier rebuilds an AST and re-emits the canonical form. This is a fast, lightweight reformatter that handles 90% of cases. For production code in a repo, use Prettier or the language's official formatter.
Why is my JS sometimes split awkwardly?
Token-based formatters can't tell every for-loop from every object literal. Switch to JSON or CSS mode if your input is one of those, and treat the JS output as a starting point.
Will it fix invalid JSON?
No. Invalid JSON is returned unchanged so you can see the original. Use the dedicated JSON Formatter tool for diagnostic error messages.
Is anything uploaded?
No. Formatting happens locally in your browser.
Do I need to create an account to use Toolzer?
No. Every utility on Toolzer is free, anonymous, and works in any modern browser without registration.
Is Toolzer safe to use with sensitive inputs?
Yes. Whenever the tool can produce an answer entirely in the browser, the data never leaves your device.
Does Toolzer work on mobile?
Yes. The interface is fully responsive and works on iOS Safari, Android Chrome, and every modern mobile browser.
Can I link to or bookmark a result?
Yes. Every Toolzer page has a clean permanent URL you can bookmark or share.