# Styled JSON Viewer

> Beautiful, readable formatting for JSON files in the browser.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/styled-json-viewer](https://chrome-stats.com/d/styled-json-viewer)

## Overview

- **ID:** `styled-json-viewer`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Netbuddy.net
- **Category:** appearance
- **Daily users:** 2
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-09-04
- **First published:** 2025-09-01
- **Size:** 722 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/styled-json-viewer/)
- **Website:** [https://netbuddy.net/jsonviewer](https://netbuddy.net/jsonviewer)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/styled-json-viewer/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/styled-json-viewer/privacy/)

## Description

Styled JSON Viewer transforms your browser’s default raw JSON display into a beautifully formatted, easy-to-read view.
It automatically activates whenever you open an .json file from the web.

📁 Also supports local JSON files — just enable "Allow access to file URLs" for this extension in Chrome’s extension settings.

➕ Includes a raw view toggle, so you can inspect the original JSON source anytime.

➤ Features include:

✅ Syntax highlighting for tags, attributes, and text content

✅ Indented, color-coded nested elements for clear structure visualization

✅ Alternating background stripes for improved readability

✅ Lightweight and fast, with no external dependencies

✅ Completely free and open source

📌 Perfect for developers, analysts, and anyone who regularly works with JSON data. No more struggling to read complex JSON files — let Styled JSON Viewer do the hard work for you!

## Rankings

- #119,441 — Overall
- #74 — json

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `declarativeNetRequest`
- `storage`
- `webNavigation`

### Host permissions

- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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