diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 8183d79d..b1edc593 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -18131,6 +18131,12 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/jonschlinkert"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/vkbeautify": {
+      "version": "0.99.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/vkbeautify/-/vkbeautify-0.99.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-2ozZEFfmVvQcHWoHLNuiKlUfDKlhh4KGsy54U0UrlLMR1SO+XKAIDqBxtBwHgNrekurlJwE8A9K6L49T78ZQ9Q==",
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
     "node_modules/vscode-languageserver-types": {
       "version": "3.17.5",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/vscode-languageserver-types/-/vscode-languageserver-types-3.17.5.tgz",
@@ -19088,6 +19094,7 @@
         "remark-gfm": "^4.0.1",
         "slugify": "^1.6.6",
         "uuid": "^11.1.0",
+        "vkbeautify": "^0.99.3",
         "whatwg-mimetype": "^4.0.0",
         "xml-beautify": "^1.2.3",
         "yaml": "^2.6.1"
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/lib.rs b/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
index 12e906f3..12c1a223 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ use yaak_plugins::manager::PluginManager;
 use yaak_plugins::plugin_meta::PluginMetadata;
 use yaak_plugins::template_callback::PluginTemplateCallback;
 use yaak_sse::sse::ServerSentEvent;
-use yaak_templates::format::format_json;
-use yaak_templates::format_xml::format_xml;
+use yaak_templates::format_json::format_json;
 use yaak_templates::{RenderErrorBehavior, RenderOptions, Tokens, transform_args};
 
 mod commands;
@@ -747,11 +746,6 @@ async fn cmd_format_json(text: &str) -> YaakResult<String> {
     Ok(format_json(text, "  "))
 }
 
-#[tauri::command]
-async fn cmd_format_xml(text: &str) -> YaakResult<String> {
-    Ok(format_xml(text, "  "))
-}
-
 #[tauri::command]
 async fn cmd_http_response_body<R: Runtime>(
     window: WebviewWindow<R>,
@@ -1432,7 +1426,6 @@ pub fn run() {
             cmd_export_data,
             cmd_http_response_body,
             cmd_format_json,
-            cmd_format_xml,
             cmd_get_http_authentication_summaries,
             cmd_get_http_authentication_config,
             cmd_get_sse_events,
diff --git a/src-tauri/yaak-templates/src/format.rs b/src-tauri/yaak-templates/src/format_json.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from src-tauri/yaak-templates/src/format.rs
rename to src-tauri/yaak-templates/src/format_json.rs
index f34bdd85..1a7b5cd4 100644
--- a/src-tauri/yaak-templates/src/format.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/yaak-templates/src/format_json.rs
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ pub fn format_json(text: &str, tab: &str) -> String {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use crate::format::format_json;
+    use crate::format_json::format_json;
 
     #[test]
     fn test_simple_object() {
diff --git a/src-tauri/yaak-templates/src/format_xml.rs b/src-tauri/yaak-templates/src/format_xml.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ac23a3b..00000000
--- a/src-tauri/yaak-templates/src/format_xml.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,345 +0,0 @@
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
-enum XmlTok<'a> {
-    OpenTag { raw: &'a str, name: &'a str },  // "<tag ...>"
-    CloseTag { raw: &'a str, name: &'a str }, // "</tag>"
-    SelfCloseTag(&'a str),                    // "<tag .../>"
-    Comment(&'a str),                         // "<!-- ... -->"
-    CData(&'a str),                           // "<![CDATA[ ... ]]>"
-    ProcInst(&'a str),                        // "<?xml ...?>"
-    Doctype(&'a str),                         // "<!DOCTYPE ...>"
-    Text(&'a str),                            // "text between tags"
-    Template(&'a str),                        // "${[ ... ]}"
-}
-
-fn writeln_indented(out: &mut String, depth: usize, indent: &str, s: &str) {
-    for _ in 0..depth {
-        out.push_str(indent);
-    }
-    out.push_str(s);
-    out.push('\n');
-}
-
-pub fn format_xml(input: &str, indent: &str) -> String {
-    use XmlTok::*;
-    let tokens = tokenize_with_templates(input);
-
-    let mut out = String::new();
-    let mut depth = 0usize;
-    let mut i = 0usize;
-
-    while i < tokens.len() {
-        match tokens[i] {
-            OpenTag {
-                raw: open_raw,
-                name: open_name,
-            } => {
-                if i + 2 < tokens.len() {
-                    if let Text(text_raw) = tokens[i + 1] {
-                        let trimmed = text_raw.trim();
-                        let no_newlines = !trimmed.contains('\n');
-                        if no_newlines && !trimmed.is_empty() {
-                            if let CloseTag {
-                                raw: close_raw,
-                                name: close_name,
-                            } = tokens[i + 2]
-                            {
-                                if open_name == close_name {
-                                    for _ in 0..depth {
-                                        out.push_str(indent);
-                                    }
-                                    out.push_str(open_raw);
-                                    out.push_str(trimmed);
-                                    out.push_str(close_raw);
-                                    out.push('\n');
-                                    i += 3;
-                                    continue;
-                                }
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-                writeln_indented(&mut out, depth, indent, open_raw);
-                depth = depth.saturating_add(1);
-                i += 1;
-            }
-
-            CloseTag { raw, .. } => {
-                depth = depth.saturating_sub(1);
-                writeln_indented(&mut out, depth, indent, raw);
-                i += 1;
-            }
-
-            SelfCloseTag(raw) | Comment(raw) | ProcInst(raw) | Doctype(raw) | CData(raw)
-            | Template(raw) => {
-                writeln_indented(&mut out, depth, indent, raw);
-                i += 1;
-            }
-
-            Text(text_raw) => {
-                if text_raw.chars().any(|c| !c.is_whitespace()) {
-                    let trimmed = text_raw.trim();
-                    writeln_indented(&mut out, depth, indent, trimmed);
-                }
-                i += 1;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    if out.ends_with('\n') {
-        out.pop();
-    }
-    out
-}
-
-fn tokenize_with_templates(input: &str) -> Vec<XmlTok<'_>> {
-    use XmlTok::*;
-    let bytes = input.as_bytes();
-    let mut i = 0usize;
-    let mut toks = Vec::<XmlTok>::new();
-
-    let starts_with =
-        |s: &[u8], i: usize, pat: &str| s.get(i..).map_or(false, |t| t.starts_with(pat.as_bytes()));
-
-    while i < bytes.len() {
-        // Template block: ${[ ... ]}
-        if starts_with(bytes, i, "${[") {
-            let start = i;
-            i += 3;
-            while i < bytes.len() && !starts_with(bytes, i, "]}") {
-                i += 1;
-            }
-            if starts_with(bytes, i, "]}") {
-                i += 2;
-            }
-            toks.push(Template(&input[start..i]));
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        if bytes[i] == b'<' {
-            // Comments
-            if starts_with(bytes, i, "<!--") {
-                let start = i;
-                i += 4;
-                while i < bytes.len() && !starts_with(bytes, i, "-->") {
-                    i += 1;
-                }
-                if starts_with(bytes, i, "-->") {
-                    i += 3;
-                }
-                toks.push(Comment(&input[start..i]));
-                continue;
-            }
-            // CDATA
-            if starts_with(bytes, i, "<![CDATA[") {
-                let start = i;
-                i += 9;
-                while i < bytes.len() && !starts_with(bytes, i, "]]>") {
-                    i += 1;
-                }
-                if starts_with(bytes, i, "]]>") {
-                    i += 3;
-                }
-                toks.push(CData(&input[start..i]));
-                continue;
-            }
-            // Processing Instruction
-            if starts_with(bytes, i, "<?") {
-                let start = i;
-                i += 2;
-                while i < bytes.len() && !starts_with(bytes, i, "?>") {
-                    i += 1;
-                }
-                if starts_with(bytes, i, "?>") {
-                    i += 2;
-                }
-                toks.push(ProcInst(&input[start..i]));
-                continue;
-            }
-            // DOCTYPE or other "<!"
-            if starts_with(bytes, i, "<!") {
-                let start = i;
-                i += 2;
-                while i < bytes.len() && bytes[i] != b'>' {
-                    i += 1;
-                }
-                if i < bytes.len() {
-                    i += 1;
-                }
-                toks.push(Doctype(&input[start..i]));
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            // Normal tag (open/close/self)
-            let start = i;
-            i += 1; // '<'
-
-            let is_close = if i < bytes.len() && bytes[i] == b'/' {
-                i += 1;
-                true
-            } else {
-                false
-            };
-
-            // read until '>' (respecting quotes)
-            let mut in_quote: Option<u8> = None;
-            while i < bytes.len() {
-                let c = bytes[i];
-                if let Some(q) = in_quote {
-                    if c == q {
-                        in_quote = None;
-                    }
-                    i += 1;
-                } else {
-                    if c == b'\'' || c == b'"' {
-                        in_quote = Some(c);
-                        i += 1;
-                    } else if c == b'>' {
-                        i += 1;
-                        break;
-                    } else {
-                        i += 1;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            let raw = &input[start..i];
-            let is_self = raw.as_bytes().len() >= 2 && raw.as_bytes()[raw.len() - 2] == b'/';
-            if is_close {
-                let name = parse_close_name(raw);
-                toks.push(CloseTag { raw, name });
-            } else if is_self {
-                toks.push(SelfCloseTag(raw));
-            } else {
-                let name = parse_open_name(raw);
-                toks.push(OpenTag { raw, name });
-            }
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        // Text node until next '<' or template start
-        let start = i;
-        while i < bytes.len() && bytes[i] != b'<' && !starts_with(bytes, i, "${[") {
-            i += 1;
-        }
-        toks.push(XmlTok::Text(&input[start..i]));
-    }
-
-    toks
-}
-
-fn parse_open_name(raw: &str) -> &str {
-    // raw looks like "<name ...>" or "<name>"
-    // slice between '<' and first whitespace or '>' or '/>'
-    let s = &raw[1..]; // skip '<'
-    let end = s.find(|c: char| c.is_whitespace() || c == '>' || c == '/').unwrap_or(s.len());
-    &s[..end]
-}
-
-fn parse_close_name(raw: &str) -> &str {
-    // raw looks like "</name>"
-    let s = &raw[2..]; // skip "</"
-    let end = s.find('>').unwrap_or(s.len());
-    &s[..end]
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::format_xml;
-
-    #[test]
-    fn inline_text_child() {
-        let src = r#"<root><foo>this might be a string</foo><bar attr="x">ok</bar></root>"#;
-        let want = r#"<root>
-  <foo>this might be a string</foo>
-  <bar attr="x">ok</bar>
-</root>"#;
-        assert_eq!(format_xml(src, "  "), want);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn works_when_nested() {
-        let src = r#"<root><foo><b>bold</b></foo></root>"#;
-        let want = r#"<root>
-  <foo>
-    <b>bold</b>
-  </foo>
-</root>"#;
-        assert_eq!(format_xml(src, "  "), want);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn trims_and_keeps_nonempty() {
-        let src = "<root><foo>  hi  </foo></root>";
-        let want = "<root>\n  <foo>hi</foo>\n</root>";
-        assert_eq!(format_xml(src, "  "), want);
-    }
-    #[test]
-    fn attributes_inline_text_child() {
-        // Keeps attributes verbatim and inlines simple text children
-        let src = r#"<root><item id="42" class='a b'>value</item></root>"#;
-        let want = r#"<root>
-  <item id="42" class='a b'>value</item>
-</root>"#;
-        assert_eq!(format_xml(src, "  "), want);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn attributes_with_irregular_spacing_preserved() {
-        // We don't normalize spaces inside the tag; raw is preserved
-        let src = r#"<root><a   x = "1"   y='2'    >t</a></root>"#;
-        let want = r#"<root>
-  <a   x = "1"   y='2'    >t</a>
-</root>"#;
-        assert_eq!(format_xml(src, "  "), want);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn self_closing_with_attributes() {
-        let src =
-            r#"<root><img src="x" alt='hello &quot;world&quot;' width="10" height="20"/></root>"#;
-        let want = r#"<root>
-  <img src="x" alt='hello &quot;world&quot;' width="10" height="20"/>
-</root>"#;
-        assert_eq!(format_xml(src, "  "), want);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn template_in_attribute_self_closing() {
-        let src = r#"<root><x attr=${[ compute(1, "two") ]}/></root>"#;
-        let want = r#"<root>
-  <x attr=${[ compute(1, "two") ]}/>
-</root>"#;
-        assert_eq!(format_xml(src, "  "), want);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn attributes_and_nested_children_expand() {
-        // Not inlined because child is an element, not plain text
-        let src = r#"<root><box kind="card"><b>bold</b></box></root>"#;
-        let want = r#"<root>
-  <box kind="card">
-    <b>bold</b>
-  </box>
-</root>"#;
-        assert_eq!(format_xml(src, "  "), want);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn namespace_and_xml_attrs() {
-        let src = r#"<root><ns:el xml:lang="en">ok</ns:el></root>"#;
-        let want = r#"<root>
-  <ns:el xml:lang="en">ok</ns:el>
-</root>"#;
-        assert_eq!(format_xml(src, "  "), want);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn mixed_quote_styles_in_attributes() {
-        // Single-quoted attr containing double quotes is fine; we don't re-quote
-        let src = r#"<root><a title='He said "hi"'>hello</a></root>"#;
-        let want = r#"<root>
-  <a title='He said "hi"'>hello</a>
-</root>"#;
-        assert_eq!(format_xml(src, "  "), want);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src-tauri/yaak-templates/src/lib.rs b/src-tauri/yaak-templates/src/lib.rs
index adeb7bcd..93708b66 100644
--- a/src-tauri/yaak-templates/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/yaak-templates/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 pub mod error;
 pub mod escape;
-pub mod format;
+pub mod format_json;
 pub mod parser;
 pub mod renderer;
 pub mod wasm;
-pub mod format_xml;
 
 pub use parser::*;
 pub use renderer::*;
diff --git a/src-web/lib/formatters.ts b/src-web/lib/formatters.ts
index 096f5f52..f0d9bf37 100644
--- a/src-web/lib/formatters.ts
+++ b/src-web/lib/formatters.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import vkBeautify from 'vkbeautify';
 import { invokeCmd } from './tauri';
 
 export async function tryFormatJson(text: string): Promise<string> {
@@ -23,8 +24,7 @@ export async function tryFormatXml(text: string): Promise<string> {
   if (text === '') return text;
 
   try {
-    const result = await invokeCmd<string>('cmd_format_xml', { text });
-    return result;
+    return vkBeautify.xml(text, '  ');
   } catch (err) {
     console.warn('Failed to format XML', err);
   }
diff --git a/src-web/lib/tauri.ts b/src-web/lib/tauri.ts
index f98547fa..124ea691 100644
--- a/src-web/lib/tauri.ts
+++ b/src-web/lib/tauri.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ type TauriCmd =
   | 'cmd_dismiss_notification'
   | 'cmd_export_data'
   | 'cmd_format_json'
-  | 'cmd_format_xml'
   | 'cmd_get_http_authentication_config'
   | 'cmd_get_http_authentication_summaries'
   | 'cmd_get_sse_events'
diff --git a/src-web/modules.d.ts b/src-web/modules.d.ts
index 419a39e5..29ce54f6 100644
--- a/src-web/modules.d.ts
+++ b/src-web/modules.d.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 declare module 'format-graphql';
-declare module 'xml-beautify';
+declare module 'vkbeautify';
diff --git a/src-web/package.json b/src-web/package.json
index 0b231632..83dd2822 100644
--- a/src-web/package.json
+++ b/src-web/package.json
@@ -65,12 +65,13 @@
     "remark-gfm": "^4.0.1",
     "slugify": "^1.6.6",
     "uuid": "^11.1.0",
+    "vkbeautify": "^0.99.3",
     "whatwg-mimetype": "^4.0.0",
-    "xml-beautify": "^1.2.3",
     "yaml": "^2.6.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@lezer/generator": "^1.8.0",
+    "@tailwindcss/container-queries": "^0.1.1",
     "@tailwindcss/nesting": "^0.0.0-insiders.565cd3e",
     "@tanstack/router-plugin": "^1.127.5",
     "@types/node": "^24.0.13",
@@ -83,7 +84,6 @@
     "@types/whatwg-mimetype": "^3.0.2",
     "@vitejs/plugin-react": "^4.6.0",
     "autoprefixer": "^10.4.21",
-    "@tailwindcss/container-queries": "^0.1.1",
     "decompress": "^4.2.1",
     "eslint-plugin-react-refresh": "^0.4.20",
     "internal-ip": "^8.0.0",