
JSON Editor 4+
VDT LABS S.R.L.
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- $7.99
- 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 2.4
Improvements
• When the tab bar is visible at the top of a JSON window (if you choose "View → Show Tab Bar", for example), you can drag and drop multiple files onto the tab bar, to be opened as tabs in the current window.
• Multiple files opened at once can now be displayed in a new window with multiple tabs, thus reducing the clutter of multiple windows. This feature can be enabled by checking the "Use a new window with tabs when multiple files are opened at once" option, available in "Settings/Preferences → General".
• The window "tabbing" mode, used when creating or opening a document, can now be set independently from the system. This is available under "Settings/Preferences → General → Prefer tabs". Possible values include: "Respect System Setting", "Never", "In Full Screen", "Always".
• The validation error shown in the JSON text editor can now be selected (and copied).
Fixes
• The toolbar icon for the "side-by-side editors" now properly adjusts to the dark/black appearance.
Other changes
• The minimum OS version for the app is now macOS 11.0 (Big Sur)
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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
Very nice tool
This app satisfies all of my use cases (editing, sorting objects, beautifying, validating, and sending requests). I'll be using it every day and really appreciate the dev's attention to detail with the UI. I also use Postman, and JSON Editor is a nice complement.
One small thing that initially tripped me up was an endpoint that requires an AuthCookie header, but AuthCookie was not offered in the HTTP Header popup's list of choices. After a bit, I realized you can double-click HeaderName (rather than invoke the popup menu, and this allows to edit the name with whatever you want. After this minor revelation, all's good with sending requests.
The only other (minor) nit I have is that the HTTP client HTTP Header Fields areas are not resizable. The main window is (thanks!) but it would be nice to be able to see more than 2 rows in these areas.
Developer Response ,
quantumonion, thank you for the review! Let me add the resizing of HTT Header Fields to the backlog and will implement for the next update
This was the app I was looking for!
This was just the app I was looking for to edit and validate JSON data. I looked at a lot of apps, but this one really fit the bill.
It’s easy to view and edit JSON. The app quickly converts JSON between “Tree” editor and “Text” editor mode. This makes it easy to paste JSON data in text mode and then convert to tree mode for validation and viewing.
The app also has a great HTTP client which is useful for interacting with REST API in the Cloud. I’d used a couple of other HTTP clients, but this app - once again - really met my needs. And, I especially like the “Beautify” button on the HTTP Response dialog of the client. That really makes it easy to quickly view the data coming from the cloud.
Finally, the author does a fantastic job with support. Quickly answering questions and adding new features. Highly rated app and author!
Developer Response ,
sgspecker, thank you for the review and the rating! I'm happy to hear that you like the application and find it useful. If there is anything else you would like to see in the app, don't hesitate to contact me.
Pretty good!
I’m using this app currently to build and edit several rather large (several hundred line) JSON files for a development project. Overall it’s pretty good. It helps visualize the structure of the file really well, and editing is very simple.
My only request is multiple selections. In my use case, I find my self changing structures sometimes which means moving rows to different areas of the structure while maintaining their order. Because I often have to move around many rows at once, I have to do them one by one, as I cannot shift+select multiple items at once. Adding that functionality would probably shave a solid hour off my work.
Developer Response ,
Drew Hood, thank you for your feedback! Starting from version 1.15, multiple selection is supported by the application! You can select multiple siblings and manipulate them: copy, move, delete, duplicate, edit etc. Please download the latest version of the app and let me know how this works for you. If you have more suggestions feel free to use "Help -> Send Feedback" to contact me.
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Information
- Seller
- VDT LABS S.R.L.
- Size
- 5 MB
- Category
- Developer Tools
- Compatibility
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- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2012-2025 VDT Labs S.R.L.
- Price
- $7.99
- In-App Purchases
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- Tip $2.99