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JSON Formatter

Pretty-print, minify, and validate JSON in your browser. Paste a payload, fix indentation, and spot syntax errors without sending data to a server. Works for APIs, config files, and nested objects. Output stays on your device.

Runs in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.

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About this tool

Format JSON in your browser: beautify with 2- or 4-space indent, minify into a single line, and validate as you paste. Optional key sorting makes diffs and config reviews easier. Syntax errors report a line and column so you can jump to the bad token instead of staring at a generic 'Unexpected token' banner.

How to use: paste or type JSON in the input pane. Choose indent and whether to sort keys, then copy the output from the sticky bar. Minify is the same parser with whitespace stripped, which is useful before stuffing a blob into an env var. Invalid JSON keeps the previous good output and shows the parse error.

Example: a one-line API response becomes a readable tree; a hand-edited fixture with a trailing comma fails fast at the reported column. This is JSON.parse in the tab, not a schema registry and not JSON5.

Payloads from staging APIs, local fixtures, and secrets in config stay on the device. Use this instead of posting production JSON to a public beautifier. After the page loads you can keep formatting offline.

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