HTML Tidy for Windows

Name: HTML Tidy
Rating: 3.5 (24 reviews)
Author: Dave Raggett

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Download.com staffApril 24, 2026

HTML Tidy automatically corrects HTML errors and formats messy code into clean, readable markup. It improves accessibility and highlights specific areas needing attention.

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Pros
- Fixes HTML tagging mistakes automatically
- Tidies sloppy editing into well-formatted markup
- Improves markup from specialized editors and conversion tools
- Helps identify accessibility issues
- Lists problems with line and column numbers
Cons
- Does not generate output for unresolvable problems
- Logs unresolvable problems as errors

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Full Specifications

GENERAL

Release: September 22, 2000

Latest update: April 24, 2026

Version: 0

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows 2000
Windows NT
Windows 10
Windows 98
Windows 95

Additional Requirements: None

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 46,877

Downloads Last Week: 0

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User Reviews

3.5/5

24 User Votes

don't like it
pikaweeJanuary 23, 2011
Pros
none i was able to find
Cons
everything about it
Summary
I couldn't get it to do anything. I suggest you only down load it if you know what you are doing.
Nothing worth of a single star!
joylin_sampathDecember 24, 2006
Pros
I cant think of any.
Cons
If I start writing all the cons in this programs it may take more than 5 pages! This program is just a joke. It doesnt do anything. It is just a dos program where you can do nothing except to sit and watch a html line. So trust me and dont download this and waste your precious time
Summary
NO
ghostboy005August 24, 2006
Pros
None.
Cons
You have to be an HTML genius to use this. It's so hard, to use, i cant see any good things about it.
Summary
Great program!
November 20, 2002
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I had it up and running in less than 5 minutes. Cleaned up some insanely unlegible HTML instantly! And yes, it can update the original file for you! No cutting and pasting is necessary!
Excellent
July 20, 2002
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Html tidy is a DOS mode application. Once you visit the web site and view the documentation and start to use it you'll see how handy it is at fixing Html - don't be put off by all the negative comments as most of these guys probably want a point and click app thats FREE and are too lazy to read the documentation. Thanks to the author.
June 26, 2002
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Summary
cleans out the html code for easy reading.
cannot run under windows
February 23, 2002
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i just can't get it to run with my windows 98 machine, no way to try out this little apps.
Must have for internet professionals
November 26, 2001
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Summary
Anyone who plans on deploying web sites or web applications that use any form of static HTML will benefit greatly from this product. It parses out all non-compliant HTML, and makes entire documents XML compliant with the press of a button, unless you're using DOS mode :)
don't use this tidy.exe!!!
September 19, 2001
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I use tidy.exe to "beautiful" a lots of my html pages, but I sadly found both of them was unclean to read now. and some <tr> not close with </tr> etc sorry I down it.
don't use this tidy.exe!!!
September 19, 2001
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Summary
I use tidy.exe to "beautiful" a lots of my html pages, but I sadly found both of them was unclean to read now. and some <tr> not close with </tr> etc sorry I down it.

Developer’s Description

By Dave Raggett

Clean up your HTML with this tool.

HTML Tidy fixes HTML-tagging mistakes automatically and tidies up sloppy editing into nicely layed-out markup. It also works great on the atrociously hard-to-read markup generated by specialized HTML editors and conversion tools, and can help you identify where you need to pay further attention on making your pages more accessible to people with disabilities. HTML Tidy is able to fix up a wide range of problems and brings to your attention things that you need to work on. Each item found is listed with the line number and column, so that you can see where the problem lies in your markup. HTML Tidy won't generate a cleaned-up version when there are problems that it can't be sure of how to handle. These are logged as "errors" rather than "warnings".

HTML Tidy for Windows

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