JSON Finder

Browse JSON like you do it in Finder.

JSON Finder - Simplified Navigation For JSON

JSON Finder is a handy, robust Chrome extension specially designed to provide an improved JSON browsing experience. Emulating the functionality of Finder in OSX, it enables users to navigate through JSON elements with the ease of a mouse or arrow keys. Apart from basic browsing, JSON Finder offers the ability to mark deep objects or arrays, highlight matched keywords during search, and provides support for browser back/forward navigation. The extension’s efficiency is boosted with the significant codebase migration to Backbone.js. Its updated versions promise fixes and enhancements making JSON Finder an essential tool for handling JSON.

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By: Rapee Suveeranont

Users: 4,000+

Rating: 4.10

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Version: 0.1.0 (Last updated: 2017-01-21)

Creation date: 2017-01-20

Size: 74.52K

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 15,419 ▲ 16

Other rankings

#811 in Developer Tools ▼ 2 #64 in json keyword 66 ▲ 1 #125 in finder keyword 35 ▲ 8

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

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Pros

User-friendly interface for navigating large JSON files.
Faster navigation with arrow keys compared to mouse usage.
Ability to search for specific data within JSON.
Visually appealing design.

Cons

Does not work on online JSON files that do not report as such.
Overrides default fonts to monospace on Linux.
May interfere with website background images.

Most mentioned

I like the visuals
The finder-ish interface is a winner.
Very well done.

User reviews

The best

Austin Lyons, 2020-07-28

I like the visuals, but it doesn't work on online JSON files that do not report them selves as json files, like so many other JSON formatters.

Rubat, 2016-09-15

On linux, this extension overrides many pages default font to monospace.

Neb, 2016-07-14

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Extension safety

Risk impact

JSON Finder requires very minimum permissions.

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