Result appears here after you select
{ } How to use
- Paste your XML.
- Select Process to read it as YAML.
{ } How it works
XML to YAML works on the text you provide. Select Process ▸ and it runs entirely in your browser — nothing is uploaded to a server — then shows the result in the Output panel.
Input
- XML input — paste or type your input in the left panel (use Sample for an example)
Output
YAML text — copy or download it from the Output panel.
{ } Common uses
- Read a verbose XML config as something with less punctuation.
- Move settings from an XML file into a YAML-based tool.
- Review the structure of a document without the tags in the way.
{ } Limitations
- Attributes are kept with an @_ prefix and the text of an element that also has attributes moves to a #text key, so the YAML mirrors the XML rather than reading as hand-written YAML.
- An element that appears once becomes a single value and the same element repeated becomes a list, so the shape follows the document, not a schema.
- Comments, processing instructions and the XML declaration are dropped, and text that looks like a number becomes one.
{ } FAQ
Is my data uploaded to a server?
No. Everything runs locally in your browser — your files never leave your device.
Can I process more than one file at once?
This tool works on one input at a time.
Is this tool free?
Yes — it’s completely free and needs no sign-up.
Can I convert it back?
YAML to XML will rebuild a document, and the @_ keys will become attributes again. It will not be byte-identical — dropped comments do not come back.