Best alternatives to JSON Viewer (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to JSON Viewer, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
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JSON Viewer Pro
A powerful JSON viewer and formatter that offers advanced features for developers and data analysts to visualise and analyse JSON
≈300K users4.5★ from 219 ratingsUpdated 3 days ago3 permissions- About 300× more users than JSON Viewer
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (3 vs 1)
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JSON Viewer
Validates and makes JSON documents easy to read. Open source.
≈100K users3.6★ from 157 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years7 permissions- About 100× more users than JSON Viewer
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (7 vs 1)
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JSON Viewer
Port of Firefox's JSON Viewer
≈30K users4.7★ from 51 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years1 permissions- About 30× more users than JSON Viewer
- Updated less recently
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JSON Viewer
Most aesthetic & customizable JSON/JSONP viewer with themes, custom search, syntax highlighting/checking & copy features.
≈10K users4.9★ from 35 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago3 permissions- About 10× more users than JSON Viewer
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (3 vs 1)
- 5
JSON Viewer
Makes JSON response easy to read.
≈5K users5.0★ from 2 ratingsUpdated 7 months agoNo special permissions- About 5.0× more users than JSON Viewer
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 1)
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JSON Viewer
A beautiful, customizable JSON/JSONP viewer and highlighter. Open-source fork: https://github.com/Lysak/json-viewer
181 users5.0★ from 1 ratingUpdated 11 months ago3 permissions- About 5.5× fewer users than JSON Viewer
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (3 vs 1)
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JSON Viewer V3
The most beautiful and customizable JSON/JSONP highlighter that your eyes have ever seen
366 users5.0★ from 5 ratings1 permissions- About 2.7× fewer users than JSON Viewer
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JSON Viewer
The most beautiful and customizable JSON/JSONP highlighter that your eyes have ever seen.
345 users5.0★ from 4 ratingsUpdated 22 months ago4 permissions- About 2.9× fewer users than JSON Viewer
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 1)
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JSON viewer +jq
You can also share your jq queries by URL. Recommended for large JSON viewers. Narrow it down for easier viewing.
115 usersNot rated yetNot updated for 2+ years5 permissions- About 8.7× fewer users than JSON Viewer
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 1)
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HAR/JSON viewer
Visualizes HTTP Archive (HAR) files opened locally or online. Also features JSON tree view for HAR and any structured JSON files.
≈10K users4.3★ from 6 ratingsNot updated for 5+ years2 permissions- About 10× more users than JSON Viewer
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (2 vs 1)
JSON Viewer alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to JSON Viewer?
By users, the most popular alternative is JSON Viewer Pro with ≈300K users and a 4.5-star rating. The closest match by what it does is JSON Viewer Pro.
Which JSON Viewer alternative has the best rating?
JSON Viewer has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.7 out of 5 from 51 ratings.
Is there a JSON Viewer alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
JSON Viewer asks for 0 permissions, against 1 for JSON Viewer.
How many alternatives to JSON Viewer are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to JSON Viewer on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.