CSS Formatter

Minify or beautify CSS stylesheets with customizable formatting options. Easily compress your CSS for production or format it for readability.

CSS

Minify

Beautify

Stylesheet

Input CSS

Enter or paste your CSS code here

Output CSS

Beautified CSS code

Formatting Options

Customize how your CSS will be formatted

Minify Output

Indent Size

Number of spaces to use for indentation in beautified output

Format Code

Apply the selected formatting options

CSS formatting optimizes your stylesheets for either production use (minified) or development (beautified).

About CSS Formatting

CSS formatting is the process of organizing stylesheet code to improve readability and maintainability. Well-formatted CSS makes styling rules easier to find, understand, and modify.

Beautification

Adds consistent indentation for nested rules
Inserts line breaks between selectors and declarations
Adds spacing around properties and values
Organizes media queries and keyframes
Makes CSS rules easier to scan and comprehend

Minification

Removes unnecessary whitespace, comments, and line breaks
Reduces file size for faster loading in browsers
Optimizes bandwidth usage for production sites
Can reduce HTTP request time for stylesheets
Essential part of CSS optimization

Benefits of CSS Formatting

Development Benefits

Makes CSS rules easier to find and navigate
Reduces time spent debugging styling issues
Enhances collaboration on shared stylesheets
Creates visual structure that mirrors the cascade
Helps spot redundant or conflicting rules

Performance Benefits

Minified CSS loads faster in browsers
Reduces bandwidth consumption for users
Improves page rendering times
Especially important for mobile users
Can contribute to better SEO rankings

CSS Formatting Best Practices

Style Consistency

Use consistent indentation (usually 2 or 4 spaces)
Place each property on its own line
Add a space after the colon in property declarations
Use consistent ordering of properties (alphabetical or by type)
Group related selectors together

Organization Tips

Consider using CSS methodologies like BEM or SMACSS
Use comments to separate sections of your stylesheet
Keep selector specificity as low as possible
Consider using CSS preprocessors for large projects
Automate formatting with tools like Prettier or Stylelint

Using This Formatter

Key Features

Toggle between beautify and minify modes
Customize indentation size
Format poorly structured CSS
Fix inconsistent formatting
Download the formatted result
Works with regular CSS, SCSS, and LESS

Common Uses

Clean up CSS before sharing with team members
Minify CSS before deploying to production
Format CSS generated by design tools
Make legacy stylesheets more maintainable
Prepare CSS snippets for documentation