JSON Lite

Fast JSON viewer - highlights, shows items count/size, handles large files

What is JSON Lite?

JSON Lite is a Chrome extension designed for fast and efficient JSON viewing. Capable of formatting JSON or JSONP responses and clipboard items, it offers readability features like collapsible arrays, objects, and values. Users can count items and properties in a collection, view collection sizes, and even manage large or invalid JSON files. The extension ensures the authenticity of numeric keys and large numbers by avoiding sorting or rounding. It also allows users to save the original JSON document and select/copy workable JSON from the formatted output.

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By: Lauri Rooden

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Users: 10,000+

Rating: 4.86 (50)

Version: 23.5.0 (Last updated: 2023-05-20)

Creation date: 2019-06-18

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

contextMenus
storage
activeTab
tabs
scripting

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Size: 22.34K

Email: la*****@rooden.ee

URLs: Website

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 8289 ▼ 38

Other rankings

#1562 in Developer Tools ▲ 3 #8 in json keyword 76 ▲ 1 #109 in format keyword 16 ▼ 6 #111 in property keyword 17 ▲ 3 #281 in collection keyword 29 ▲ 15

Other platforms

JSON Lite (v21.3.0)

4.49 (100) 14,805+

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Summary

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Features:

Format JSON/JSONP responses and clipboard
Select and format/encode/decode text on every page
Collapsible arrays, objects and long values
Collapse all childs with Ctrl(Command) + Click
Collapse property also on all sibling items with Alt(Option) + Click
Count items and properties in a collection
Show collection sizes
Do its best to show large (10MB+) JSON files
Do its best to show invalid JSON files
Do not sort objects with numeric keys
Do not round large numbers
"Save as..." saves the original JSON document
Select and copy a working JSON from the formatted JSON

User reviews

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Fast and lightweight
Customizable themes
Efficient memory allocation
Supports *.geojson files
Handles large JSON files well

Cons

Not working after Google Chrome update v. 117
Lack of fold-all option for complex JSON files
Missing functionality to display response status codes

Most mentioned

Fast and very useful
Customizable themes
Efficient memory allocation
Supports large JSON files
Works well with *.geojson files

Recent reviews

The automatic unix timestamp to date display is very helpful.

A Google user, 2019-02-05

Best JSON formatter for chrome.

A Google user, 2018-12-02

I've been looking for this extension for a few years. I've used other JSON viewers/formatters and they've all been incredibly slow especially when hiding/revealing branches. I deal with large JSON datasets at my job and this plugin is easily the quickest of all that I have tried. Great job!

A Google user, 2019-02-21

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Safety

Risk impact

JSON Lite is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install JSON Lite if you trust the publisher.