HTML Tidy
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| Original author(s) | Dave Raggett |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | HTML Tidy Advocacy Community Group |
| Stable release | 5.8.0[1]
/ 16 July 2021 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | BSD, Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows |
| Type | Library, Console Application |
| License | W3C Software License |
| Website | www |
HTML Tidy is a console application for correcting invalid HyperText Markup Language (HTML), detecting potential web accessibility errors, and for improving the layout and indent style of the resulting markup. It is also a cross-platform library for computer applications that provides HTML Tidy's features.
History[edit]
HTML Tidy was developed by Dave Raggett[2] of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Later it was released as a SourceForge project in 2003 and managed by various maintainers.[3]
In 2012, the project was moved to GitHub,[4] and maintained by Michael Smith, also of W3C,[5] where HTML5 support was added.
In 2015, the HTML Tidy Advocacy Community Group (HTACG) was formed for management and development of HTML Tidy as a W3C Community Group.[6][7]
HTML Tidy source code is written in ANSI C for portability. Compiled binary files are available for a variety of platforms. It is available under the W3C Software Notice and License, a permissive BSD-style license. Up-to-date versions are available as source code cloned from its GitHub Git version control repository, or in binary packages for multiple operating systems from its GitHub Releases repository.
Features[edit]
Examples of corrections to invalid or poorly constructed HTML:
- Reorder mixed-up tags
- Complete missing or mismatched end tags
- Add missing syntax elements (some tags, quotes, etc.)
- Report proprietary HTML extensions
- Change layout of markup to a predefined style
- Transform characters from some encodings into HTML entities
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ https://github.com/htacg/tidy-html5/releases/tag/5.8.0; publication date: 16 July 2021; retrieved: 25 November 2021.
- ^ Raggett, Dave. "Clean up your Web pages with HTML TIDY". W3C.org. Retrieved 2015-02-12. (Dave Raggett's legacy HTML Tidy page.)
- ^ "SourceForge.net Repository - [tidy] Index of /". Tidy.cvs.sourceforge.net. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ^ tidy-html5 on GitHub
- ^ Smith, Michael. "Michael[tm] Smith". W3C.org. Retrieved 2015-02-12.
- ^ "HTACG". HTACG.org. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ^ Jim Derry. "HTML Tidy Advocacy Community Group". W3.org. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
External links[edit]
- HTML Tidy Project Page
- Current Source Code
- Official Binary Releases
- HTML Tidy Project Page (legacy)
- HTML Tidy service Was an online version of HTML Tidy at the W3C. The W3C online tidy service was decommissioned on 29 November, 2017.
