CSS Formatter - CSS Beautifier / Minifier

Format your minified or messy CSS code with this free online CSS formatter. By using this tool, your code will become much easier to read and edit. The editor also contains helpful line numbering and syntax highlighting. If you would like to save bandwidth, with this editor you will have the option to minify your CSS code.

About CSS Beautifier / Minifier

A CSS Beautifier and Minifier are two tools used in web development to manipulate and optimize Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), which are used to define the visual style and layout of web pages. These tools serve different purposes:

• CSS Beautifier:
  • A CSS Beautifier is a tool that takes a CSS code that might be messy, unorganized, or hard to read and reformats it to make it more human-readable and visually appealing.
  • It typically adds indentation, spaces, and line breaks to the CSS code to make it easier for developers to understand and work with.
  • A beautified CSS code is often easier to maintain, edit, and debug.


• CSS Minifier:
  • A CSS Minifier is a tool that takes a CSS code and reduces its file size by removing unnecessary characters, spaces, and line breaks.
  • The primary goal of a CSS minifier is to optimize the CSS file for faster loading on web pages, as smaller file sizes lead to quicker downloads and improved website performance.
  • Minified CSS may be less human-readable, as it focuses on compactness and efficiency for the browser.

Web developers often use both beautification and minification tools in their workflow. They beautify the CSS code during development to make it more understandable and maintainable, and then they minify the CSS before deploying it to a production website to optimize performance.