
JSON Editor 4+
VDT LABS S.R.L.
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- $12.99
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
JSON Editor is a tree & text editor for JSON, JSON5 and JSON Lines data formats. In a clean and user-friendly interface, it allows you to create, visualize, modify, validate, format and save your JSON documents.
Along with the included HTTP Client, is a powerful tool to inspect and debug your API endpoints.
JSON Editor has the smarts needed to make the minimum changes when editing a file, even in the tree mode.
This is especially useful when you keep the files in a repository, because only the relevant changes will be shown when diff-ing the edited files.
JSON Tree Editor
• Presents the JSON in a "tree" like interface, making easier to understand how the data is structured
• Makes the process of editing JSON data error-free and way more easier than dealing with raw text
• Its selection is automatically reflected in the text editor
JSON Tree Editor - Features
• Select multiple sibling elements
• Cut, copy, paste, duplicate, delete and reorder elements, even when multiple elements are selected
• Find & replace text in the JSON elements. Support for "Regular Expression" is included, too
• Choose where the Find & replace will take place: in "Key" or "Value" column or both
• Sort elements, either by clicking one of the column headers or using the dedicated panel
• Set label for child objects to help you understand what each object represents
• Edit the elements, even when multiple ones are selected (via "Edit -> Edit Value...")
• Copy elements as Swift or Obj-C objects, JSON data or PLIST data
• Paste JSON data
• Embed elements in array or object
• Shift elements left or right
• Move elements up or down
• Row height which accommodates multi-line text
• JSON5 comments can be viewed in the leftmost column by hovering the cursor over the indicator
• Increase and decrease font size for better readability
• Undo & redo
• Customization options available in "Settings -> View & Edit -> Tree Editor"
JSON Text Editor
• Offers a convenient way to interact with the JSON's textual content and to investigate invalid JSONs
• The changes made in the text editor can be synchronized with the tree editor
• Make the JSON document human readable or compact, even if it is not entirely valid
JSON Text Editor - Features
• JSON validation
• Syntax coloring, auto-indentation and line numbers
• Customize the font and its size
• Change editor's location (right or bottom)
• Toggle the visibility of the the text editor
• Show (or hide) invisible characters, like tab or new lines
• Find & replace
• Undo & redo
• Customization options available in "Settings -> View & Edit -> Text Editor"
Folder Browser
• Browse folders' content by dragging them on the app's Dock icon or by using "File → Open" panel
• Choose JSON files to make quick edits or to view their content
Snippets
• Save JSON elements for later reuse
• Access the Snippets by clicking the corresponding toolbar button
Quick Look Preview Extension
• Preview the JSON files in Finder using the Quick Look extension provided by the app
HTTP Client
• Perform HTTP requests (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, HEAD)
• Create folders to group the requests - very handy to group the projects or APIs you're working with
• Automatically detects if response is text or binary, allowing you to preview or save the binary one
• HTTP authentication (basic, digest) and Proxy authentication, with Keychain integration
• Support for OAuth 2.0 - use the built-in providers or add custom ones
• Once you have added and setup an OAuth 2.0 authorization you can attach it to a HTTP request - JSON Editor will take care of refreshing and attaching access token to the HTTP request
• Export and import HTTP requests and OAuth authorizations
Other Features
• Dark mode, including a beautiful "black" mode
• Auto Save & Versions, including the possibility to disable them
• Detect when the file is changed by another application
• Fullscreen
• Services integration
• Command-line/Terminal integration
What’s New
Version 2.8
Improvements
• You can now set the appearance of the Quick Look preview extension, independent from the main app, from "Settings/Preferences → Quick Look → Appearance".
• You may choose when creating documents from Clipboard if the JSON text to be automatically beautified by checking the option from "Settings/Preferences → Beautify JSON text when creating documents from Clipboard".
Fixes
• Re-enabled the window tabbing on macOS 26 (Tahoe). This was previously disabled to workaround a crash.ma
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If you enjoy JSON Editor and find it useful, please also consider JSON Editor Mobile, the sibling app specifically made for iPhones and iPads.
We constantly want to improve the quality of our apps. For any feedback, questions and ideas please contact us at json.editor.contact@gmail.com
Ratings and Reviews
Well Worth It
I was trying to go through a json string with formatting issues and this app saved a lot of time. It has a validator that shows each little error which is especially helpful with a long array. It also has a built in quick look extension which is really nice. Definitely recommend this app!
Developer Response ,
maloufdum , thanks for the rating and review! So happy to hear that the app is proving helpful to you.
Indispensable for my dev toolkit
I’d always used online JSON tools as they seemed sufficient. But this app has turned out to be much better, especially for larger payloads. You don’t get the annoying slowdown that you do with web-based solutions.
Good stuff!
Clean, simple, awesome
A fellow reviewer said all this 9 (NINE) years ago and JSON Editor (and the two other apps in the "bundle") is still the same.
Thanks to the developers!
Developer Response ,
❤️
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Information
- Seller
- VDT LABS S.R.L.
- Size
- 6.1 MB
- Category
- Developer Tools
- Compatibility
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- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
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- Copyright
- © 2012-2025 VDT Labs S.R.L.
- Price
- $12.99
- In-App Purchases
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- Tip $4.99