How to Install and Use JSON Hero – A Powerful JSON Viewer
This guide introduces JSON Hero, a lightweight JSON viewer with multiple viewing modes, explains how to install it locally or use it online, and highlights its key features such as content preview, search, shareable links, and VS Code integration, helping developers work with JSON more efficiently.
Introduction
JSON Hero is a lightweight, user‑friendly JSON utility that provides a clean UI and extra features to make reading and understanding JSON documents easier and more intuitive.
Supported Views
The tool offers several viewing modes, including column view (inspired by macOS Finder), tree view, and raw JSON view, allowing users to explore JSON data in the format that best suits them.
Local Installation
To run JSON Hero locally, clone the repository and install dependencies:
git clone https://github.com/jsonhero-io/jsonhero-web.git
cd jsonhero-web
npm install
npm startThen open http://localhost:8787 in a browser.
Online Usage
Visit https://jsonhero.io/ , drag a JSON file onto the page or paste JSON or a JSON URL into the provided form.
Key Features
Automatic content preview for strings and values.
Search within JSON data.
Generate shareable links after editing or reviewing data.
Integration with VS Code extensions.
Project Repository
The source code is available at https://github.com/jsonhero-io/jsonhero-web (over 11 K stars).
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