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Advanced JSON Suite.

A free online JSON formatter, validator and beautifier built for developers. Fix invalid JSON online, explore a live JSON tree viewer, compare two JSON files side by side, convert JSON to a TypeScript interface, and test JSONPath queries — all locally in your browser.

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100% private — your data never leaves this browser tab.

Every parse, repair, diff, and query runs entirely on your device using local JavaScript. No JSON string is ever uploaded, logged, or transmitted across any network layer. Your active inputs, settings, and selected tab are saved only to your own browser's localStorage so you can pick up exactly where you left off after a refresh.

The Ultimate Client-Side JSON Workspace

Magic Auto-Repair for Broken JSON

Stop wasting time hunting for missing commas. Our proprietary Magic Auto-Repair engine instantly fixes invalid JSON payloads. It automatically converts single quotes to double quotes, wraps naked keys, strips illegal trailing commas, and maps forbidden JavaScript tokens like NaN or undefined into valid JSON nulls. When you need to fix invalid JSON online fast, one click is all it takes.

Zero-Latency Formatting & Minification

Format deeply nested APIs and dense data structures in real time with this free online JSON formatter. Switch seamlessly between 2-space, 4-space, or tabbed indentation, or compress massive files into a single ultra-dense line using the Minify toggle to reduce production payload size.

100% Local Browser Execution

Your API payloads often contain highly sensitive customer data, authentication tokens, and proprietary database structures. Unlike legacy formatting tools that transmit your data to remote servers, this JSON validator and beautifier executes every parse, repair, and diff entirely inside your browser's local JavaScript engine. Nothing leaves your machine.

More Than Just a Beautifier: A Complete Developer Toolkit

Interactive JSON Tree Viewer

Navigating a 10,000-line JSON response in a flat text editor is nearly impossible. Switch to the Tree Viewer tab to use this JSON tree viewer online — your data transforms into an interactive, color-coded DOM tree. Expand and collapse nested objects, arrays, and nodes to visually hunt down data structures. Hover over any key to instantly copy its exact JSONPath.

Structural JSON Diff & Compare

Finding a single changed value between two massive API payloads is a nightmare. The Compare (Diff) engine lets you compare two JSON files side by side, running a recursive structural comparison that highlights exactly which nodes were added, deleted, or modified — completely ignoring arbitrary changes in key ordering.

Instant Type & Interface Generator

Stop writing data models by hand. Paste your JSON response and the Type Generator automatically infers data types and outputs production-ready code. Convert JSON to a TypeScript interface, Python Pydantic models, Go structs, or Rust structs instantly — with nested types named and optional fields detected.

JSONPath Query Playground

Extract exactly the data slice you need without writing a custom script. This client-side JSONPath query tester lets you run standard JSONPath expressions like $.store.book[*].author against your payload and watch the filtered results render in real time. Supports wildcards, slices, recursive descent, union selectors, and filter expressions.

How to Format, Validate, and Repair JSON Online

Step 1: Input Your Raw Data

Paste your unformatted, minified, or broken JSON directly into the raw input editor. You can also drag and drop a local .json or .txt file straight into the workspace. The live metrics bar instantly reports input size and total node count.

Step 2: Validate and Repair

If your data throws a syntax error, the live validation badge turns red and provides the exact line and column coordinates of the break. Click the Magic Auto-Repair button to safely sanitize and fix the structure. The fixer report below the editor details every transformation applied.

Step 3: Export and Save

Once your JSON is perfectly formatted or minified, use the global action buttons to copy the clean output to your clipboard, or download it as a native .json file. The Download menu also exports to YAML, CSV, and XML for cross-format workflows.

Enterprise-Grade Privacy: Zero Data Leaves Your Browser

Security engineers and backend developers cannot risk pasting production API logs into unsecured online tools. We engineered this JSON suite with a strict privacy-first architecture. Zero bytes of your strings are uploaded, logged, or transmitted across any network layer.

Every tool — from the Diff engine to the Type Generator — runs locally inside your browser's V8 runtime. Your active inputs and settings are saved only to your browser's localStorage, letting you pick up exactly where you left off after a refresh without sacrificing security.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Technical answers for the JSON Formatter, Validator, and Magic Auto-Repair suite.

What makes a JSON string invalid?

JSON has a strict syntax derived from JavaScript object literal notation, but with fewer escape hatches. The most common culprits: single-quoted strings (JSON requires double quotes on both keys and values), trailing commas after the last element in an object or array, JavaScript-style comments (// or /* */), and bare unquoted keys. Values like NaN, undefined, and Infinity are also illegal — JSON has no concept of them. A single character out of place is enough to make the entire document unparseable.

How do I fix invalid JSON online?

Paste your broken payload into the Formatter tab of this free online JSON formatter. The live validation badge turns red and pinpoints the exact line and column of the first syntax error. Click the Magic Auto-Repair button — our proprietary engine runs four sequential sanitization stages: it strips comments, normalises JavaScript tokens (NaN, undefined, Infinity) to null, converts single quotes to double quotes and wraps naked keys, then balances any mismatched brackets. A tolerant recursive parser handles whatever survives as a fallback. Most real-world broken payloads are repaired in under a millisecond.

Can I convert JSON to a TypeScript interface automatically?

Yes. Switch to the Type Generator tab — the tool infers a full type graph from your JSON sample and outputs production-ready TypeScript interfaces, Python Pydantic models, Go structs, or Rust structs. Nested objects get their own named interface, array element types are merged across all items to produce the widest accurate type, and optional fields are detected when a key is absent in some items. The result is copy-paste ready for your codebase.

Is it safe to format sensitive API keys and tokens here?

Completely. This JSON validator and beautifier executes every operation — parsing, repair, diff, type generation, JSONPath queries — inside your browser's local JavaScript engine using the Web APIs built into your device. Zero bytes of your input are uploaded, transmitted, or logged anywhere. Your active input and settings are persisted only to your own browser's localStorage so you can resume after a refresh. There is no server, no database, and no telemetry pipeline that could ever receive your data.

What is JSONPath and how do I test it?

JSONPath is a query language for JSON, analogous to XPath for XML. It lets you extract specific values from a nested document using a path expression. For example, $.store.book[*].author retrieves every author field from all objects in the book array. Switch to the Query Playground tab on this client-side JSONPath query tester, paste your JSON into the source panel, type your expression into the query field, and matching results render in real time. The engine supports child access, wildcards ([*]), array slices ([0:3]), recursive descent (..), union selectors, and filter expressions ([?(@.price < 10)]).

How do I compare two JSON files side by side?

Open the Compare (Diff) tab. Paste your original payload into the left panel and the modified version into the right, then click Compare JSON. The engine runs a recursive structural diff — it walks every key path in both documents and highlights exactly which nodes were added (green), removed (red), or modified (amber). Key ordering is ignored, so cosmetic reformatting never pollutes your diff results. It is the fastest way to spot what changed between two API response snapshots.