Markdown Minifier

Reduced 20 to 18 characters of Markdown, removing 2 blank line(s).

How it works

• Removed trailing whitespace from each line.
• Collapsed runs of blank lines to a single line.
• Preserved fenced code-block content verbatim.

• Fenced code blocks are copied exactly, including internal blank lines and indentation.
• Link targets and inline HTML are never rewritten.
• Output is 18 character(s); minifying it again changes nothing.

Methodology

1. Read the document line by line and track fenced code regions.
2. Outside a fence, strip trailing whitespace and collapse runs of blank lines to the chosen maximum.
3. Copy fenced code lines verbatim and trim leading/trailing blank lines.

Usage

1. Paste or type a Markdown document.
2. Choose whether to keep at most one blank line between blocks.
3. Run the minifier and copy the compact result.

Examples

These are examples, not current values: they use fixed inputs, while the interactive tool computes live results in your browser.

Blank lines collapsed

{
  "text": "# Title\n\n\n\nParagraph",
  "maxBlankLines": 1
}

All blank lines removed

{
  "text": "a\n\nb\n\n\nc",
  "maxBlankLines": 0
}

Code fence preserved

{
  "text": "text\n```\n\n  code  \n```\nend",
  "maxBlankLines": 1
}

Limitations

Blank lines in Markdown

Blank lines separate block-level elements and are the most common source of needless whitespace in generated Markdown.

The minifier keeps fenced code exact and only compresses the block structure around it.