No button to press, no delay. A fast, distraction-free HTML editor and live preview tool for designers and developers.
Import your files, edit, and save directly back to disk. Full syntax support, live reload on every keystroke, and a reset control to wipe back to a clean slate.
Built entirely with vanilla JavaScript. Real-time preview, desktop, tablet, and mobile modes, Find & Replace with regex, an HTMLHint debug panel, Inspect mode, version rollback, and export as raw, formatted, or minified HTML.
Line numbers, type HTML and see it rendered instantly in the preview pane alongside the code.
Zoom the preview in and out, and reset back to default at any time.
Show or hide a visible border around the preview frame.
Opens a local .html file. Chrome/Edge link it directly via the File System Access API; other browsers fall back to a read-only import.
Writes changes directly back to the file you opened. Without a live file link, it downloads a copy instead.
Load an entire local site or project folder — no server needed. CSS, JS, images and internal links resolve automatically, with back/forward navigation in the preview.
Download the current HTML as raw, pretty-printed, or minified.
Reset the editor and preview back to a clean slate.
Ctrl+Shift+F. Search and replace text in the HTML, including regex.
Ctrl+Q. Highlight the currently selected code in the live preview.
Step back through previous edit states of the document.
Ctrl+I. Click elements in the preview to inspect them.
Ctrl+D. Runs HTMLHint and flags errors and warnings, with a badge showing issue counts.
Generates a downloadable bug report bundling your description, the current HTML, and Debug panel results.
Capture the preview pane and save it as an image.
Share the tool or your current project.
Version info and credits — David Ahern / CitiIT Limited / dpaul.studio.
HTML-Live is designed for laptop and desktop use only. It's a full code editor that needs a keyboard, a pointer and room to work, so it isn't available on phones or tablets.
Head back on a laptop or desktop to open the editor.