diff --git a/src/Lean/Data.lean b/src/Lean/Data.lean
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--- a/src/Lean/Data.lean
+++ b/src/Lean/Data.lean
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ module
 prelude
 public import Lean.Data.AssocList
 public import Lean.Data.Format
+public import Lean.Data.Html
 public import Lean.Data.Json
 public import Lean.Data.JsonRpc
 public import Lean.Data.KVMap
diff --git a/src/Lean/Data/Html.lean b/src/Lean/Data/Html.lean
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/src/Lean/Data/Html.lean
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/-
+Copyright (c) 2026 Lean FRO, LLC. All rights reserved.
+Released under Apache 2.0 license as described in the file LICENSE.
+Authors: Wojciech Nawrocki
+-/
+module
+
+prelude
+public import Lean.Data.Html.Basic
diff --git a/src/Lean/Data/Html/Basic.lean b/src/Lean/Data/Html/Basic.lean
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/src/Lean/Data/Html/Basic.lean
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+/-
+Copyright (c) 2026 Lean FRO, LLC. All rights reserved.
+Released under Apache 2.0 license as described in the file LICENSE.
+Authors: Wojciech Nawrocki
+-/
+module
+
+prelude
+public import Init.Data.Array.GetLit
+public import Init.Data.Array.Mem
+public import Init.Dynamic
+
+public import Lean.Data.Json.Elab
+
+set_option doc.verso true
+
+public section
+
+namespace Lean
+
+/-! # HTML trees -/
+
+/-- A forest of HTML trees.
+
+Analogous to React's [Fragment](https://react.dev/reference/react/Fragment). -/
+inductive Html where
+  /-- An element with the given tag, attributes, and children. -/
+  | element (tag : String) (attrs : Array (String × String)) (children : Html)
+  /-- Textual content. -/
+  | text : String → Html
+  /-- Unescaped, raw HTML content. -/
+  | raw : String → Html
+  /-- A sequence of HTML values. -/
+  | seq : Array Html → Html
+  deriving Repr, Inhabited, BEq, Hashable, TypeName
+
+namespace Html
+
+/-- The empty HTML forest. -/
+@[suggest_for Lean.Html.nil Lean.Html.none]
+def empty : Html := .seq #[]
+
+/-- If {name}`escape` is {lean}`true`,
+then characters such as {lean}`'&'` are escaped
+to entities such as {lean}`"&"` during rendering.-/
+def ofString (escape : Bool) : String → Html :=
+  if escape then text else raw
+
+instance : Coe String Html := ⟨.text⟩
+
+/-- Append two HTML forests. -/
+def append : Html → Html → Html
+  | .seq #[], h        => h
+  | h,        .seq #[] => h
+  | .seq xs,  .seq ys  => .seq (xs ++ ys)
+  | .seq xs,  other    => .seq (xs.push other)
+  | other,    .seq ys  => .seq (#[other] ++ ys)
+  | x,        y        => .seq #[x, y]
+
+instance : Append Html := ⟨.append⟩
+
+/-- Merges an array of HTML values by appending them.
+
+Equivalent to {name}`Html.seq`, but may produce a more compact representation. -/
+def ofArray (hs : Array Html) : Html := Id.run do
+  let mut out := .empty
+  for h in hs do
+    out := out ++ h
+  return out
+
+/-- Merges a list of HTML values by appending them.
+
+Equivalent to {lean}`Html.seq hs.toArray`, but may produce a more compact representation. -/
+def ofList (hs : List Html) : Html := Id.run do
+  let mut out := .empty
+  for h in hs do
+    out := out ++ h
+  return out
+
+instance : Coe (Array Html) Html := ⟨ofArray⟩
+instance : Coe (List Html) Html := ⟨ofList⟩
+
+/-- A compact JSON encoding of {name}`Html`. -/
+instance : ToJson Html where
+  toJson := to
+where
+  to
+    | .text t => .str t
+    | .raw r => json%{r: $r}
+    | .element tag attrs children =>
+      let attrs : Array Json := attrs.map fun (k, v) => .arr #[.str k, .str v]
+      json%{t: $tag, a: $attrs, c: $(to children)}
+    | .seq hs => .arr (hs.map to)
+
+partial instance : FromJson Html where
+  fromJson? j :=
+    try
+      from? j
+    catch e =>
+      throw s!"Failed to deserialize HTML from JSON {j.compress}: {e}"
+where
+  from?
+    | .str s => return .text s
+    | .arr j => return .seq (← j.mapM from?)
+    | j@(.obj o) => do
+      if let some tag := o["t"]? then
+        let .str tag := tag | throw s!"Expected a string, got: {tag.compress}"
+        let attrs ← j.getObjValAs? (Array Json) "a"
+        let attrs ← attrs.mapM fun kv => do
+          let .arr #[.str k, .str v] := kv
+            | throw s!"Expected an array of two strings, got: {kv.compress}"
+          return (k, v)
+        let children ← j.getObjVal? "c" >>= from?
+        return .element tag attrs children
+      else if let some r := o["r"]? then
+        let .str r := r | throw s!"Expected a string, got: {r.compress}"
+        return .raw r
+      else
+        throw s!"Expected key \"t\" or key \"r\" in: {j.compress}"
+    | j => throw s!"Expected a string, an object, or an array, got: {j.compress}"
+
+open Syntax in
+partial instance : Quote Html `term where
+  quote := q
+where
+  q
+    | .element tag attrs children =>
+      let : Quote Html := ⟨q⟩
+      mkCApp ``Html.element #[quote tag, quote attrs, quote children]
+    | .text t =>
+      mkCApp ``Html.text #[quote t]
+    | .raw r =>
+      mkCApp ``Html.raw #[quote r]
+    | .seq s =>
+      letI : Quote Html `term := ⟨q⟩
+      mkCApp ``Html.seq #[quote s]
+
+/-- Visit the entire tree, applying rewrites in some monad.
+{name}`element` and {name}`seq` are applied post-traversal, receiving already-visited children.
+Return {lean (type := "Option Html")}`none` to signal that no rewrite is to be performed. -/
+partial def visitM [Monad m]
+    (element : (tag : String) → (attrs : Array (String × String)) → (children : Html) →
+      m (Option Html) := fun _ _ _ => pure none)
+    (text : String → m (Option Html) := fun _ => pure none)
+    (raw : String → m (Option Html) := fun _ => pure none)
+    (seq : Array Html → m (Option Html) := fun _ => pure none)
+    (html : Html) : m Html :=
+  match html with
+  | .element tag attrs children => do
+    let children' ← visitM element text raw seq children
+    return (← element tag attrs children').getD (.element tag attrs children')
+  | .text t => return (← text t).getD html
+  | .raw r => return (← raw r).getD html
+  | .seq s => do
+    let s' ← s.mapM (visitM element text raw seq)
+    return (← seq s').getD (.seq s')
+
+end Lean.Html