Hello guys. So I've been using Smart JSON Editor as my JSON editor of choice for the last couple of years.
However this app has not been updated for like 3 years and thus it's not native for ARM (now I got an M1 Pro MacBook Pro).
I know it's not a big deal to run it in Rosetta (especially something like a JSON editor), but I would rather use an app that's been actively developed (this app was last updated when macOS Mojave was released).
Recommendations with a nice and modern UI would be more appreciated, but at this point I doubt they even exist hahaha
macos - JSON viewer for OS X - Ask Different
Which programs can I use to visualize a JSON File? - Stack Overflow
Nice JSON Editor for Mac?
OK JSON - A native Mac app to format, view, query JSON
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Jsoneditor is a browser-based editor that you can deploy locally or use the ad-sponsored online version provided by the author. It's handy for small JSON files, and I find it the easiest and most feature-full. It will highlight broken json, but it's not a 100% compatible validator like https://jsonlint.com/ because, for example, it treats raw tabs as valid within strings although this is not allowed by the JSON spec.
JSONMate seems to be a usable open-source project with an online editor which probably won't be able to handle large files, but you can fork it on github, adapt to your needs and run it locally.
Intellij Idea and derivatives have decent JSON support, but large files take time to load.
SublimeText is also usable for JSON if you install the plugins for beautifying and extra features.
For windows XMLMarker does a good job as an XML and JSON visualizer, but the last version which added JSON support is a limited trial.
Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with any of these tools, authors or projects.
Checkout Jason, although it appears to be no longer maintained since Osx 10.7, I just opened a JSON in it with Osx 10.11 and it works ok.
Please Note: since it is no longer maintained it is likely going to be unreliable.
Alternatively, I have opted for an online browser-based JSON editor:
- http://jsoneditoronline.org/
It is surprisingly fast, allowing you to browse the tree, search values, edit values, insert values, reorder values, even duplicate values. You can even drag and drop stuff around to really get creative :) Unfortunately, you can't see the filename of the json you are editing, but you can open up new browser tabs for multiple json file editing at once.
Great online tools:
json.parser.online.fr (Online JSON Parser)
Excellent for detecting invalid json, and shows both json-parse and eval methods.
jsonlint.com (JSONLint - The JSON Validator)
Open-source, has excellent validation of detecting invalid json, and beautifies JSON.
web.archive.org/.../chris.photobooks.com (JSON Visualization)
Shows json as html tables and is good for detecting invalid json
jsonviewer.stack.hu (Online JSON Viewer)
Nice if you want to traverse json as a tree with properties (but bad for invalid json)
Downloadable tool built on .NET:
JSON Viewer
Has a stand-alone viewer similar to the online viewer of the same name, but also has plugins for Fiddler 2 and Visual Studio 2005
- For mac: VisualJSON on appstore
- For web browser: JSONView as plugin
- Firefox: JSONView
- Chrome: JSONView
- For Terminal: httpie