View, format and validate XML files directly in your browser - no editor, no software needed. Get syntax highlighting, a collapsible tree view, a structure outline, split-view comparison, regex search and four color themes. Convert XML to JSON and open it in the JSON Viewer, inspect vector files with the SVG Viewer, or browse all 200+ file viewers.
or click to browse - files up to 8 MB
Drag your .xml, .xsd, .xsl, .svg, .rss or .atom file onto the upload area, or paste XML directly. Files up to 8 MB are parsed instantly in your browser.
Switch between Formatted, Raw, Tree and Structure views. Well-formedness is checked automatically, and the Structure view lists every element, attribute and namespace.
Open a second file and click Split to compare side by side. Beautify or minify in one click, or convert to JSON and open it in the JSON Viewer.
Copy the document, export a specific line range, download the file, or grab all open files as a ZIP with a branded README inside.
Working with other formats? Use the JSON Viewer, YAML Viewer, HTML Viewer, CSS Viewer or the JS Viewer. Browse the full set of 200+ file viewers for everything else.
Switch between VS Code, GitHub Dark, Monokai and Dracula syntax themes from the toolbar.
Navigate the document as a folding tree, with expand and collapse all in one click.
Open two XML files side by side to compare structure and content at a glance.
Instant well-formedness checking with clear, friendly error messages.
Find elements, attributes or text with plain or regular-expression search.
Convert well-formed XML to a clean JSON file ready for the JSON Viewer.
Bundle every open file into one ZIP with a branded README, or export a line range.
All processing happens in your browser. Your XML never leaves your device.
XML (eXtensible Markup Language) is a text format for storing and transporting structured data. It is both human-readable and machine-readable, which is why it powers configuration files, web services (SOAP, WSDL), document formats and feeds. An .xml file is plain text, so it opens in any editor - but without syntax highlighting, a tree outline and validation it is hard to read. This viewer adds colour-coded highlighting, a collapsible tree, a structure outline and instant well-formedness checking so you can understand a document in seconds.
Many formats are built on XML: XSD schemas, XSL/XSLT stylesheets, SVG vector graphics, RSS and Atom feeds, plist, WSDL, GPX and KML. All of them are supported here. Because everything runs locally, it is safe for proprietary or confidential data - nothing is ever uploaded.
Need to convert or view related formats? Use the JSON Viewer for data files, the SVG Viewer for vector graphics, the YAML Viewer for configuration, or the HTML Viewer for markup. Everything else is in our 200+ file viewers.
Drag your .xml file onto this page and it is parsed and syntax-highlighted instantly in your browser. No editor, no install - it works on any device including Chromebooks, tablets and work-locked PCs where you can't install software.
Yes - completely. All parsing, formatting and validation happens locally in your browser. Your files are never uploaded to any server, making this safe for proprietary or confidential data. Still concerned? Please contact us and we'll be happy to help!
The viewer checks whether your document is well-formed - tags are correctly nested and closed, attributes are quoted, and there is a single root element. Any error is shown clearly in the file info bar so you can switch to Raw view and fix it.
Yes - click To JSON to turn well-formed XML into a JSON file, with elements, attributes and text mapped to keys. Open the result in our free JSON Viewer to explore it further.
Beautify re-indents the XML with line breaks for readability. Minify strips whitespace between tags to shrink the file for production or transfer. Both run instantly in your browser.
XML, XSD schemas, XSL/XSLT stylesheets, SVG graphics, RSS and Atom feeds, plist, WSDL, GPX, KML and other XML-based formats. For other languages and formats, see our 200+ file viewers.