Best alternatives to JsonDiscovery (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to JsonDiscovery, 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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JSONView
View JSON documents in the browser.
≈100K users3.8★ from 42 ratingsUpdated 18 months ago3 permissions- About 17× more users than JsonDiscovery
- Rated 1.1 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (3 vs 2)
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Virtual Json Viewer
JSON browser extension with virtual DOM, search and JQ filtering
≈2K users4.7★ from 11 ratingsUpdated 5 weeks ago2 permissions- About 3.0× fewer users than JsonDiscovery
- Updated more recently
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JSONVue
Validate and view JSON documents
≈900K users4.3★ from 2.6K ratingsNot updated for 2+ years2 permissions- About 150× more users than JsonDiscovery
- Rated 0.6 stars lower
- Updated less recently
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JSON Diff
JSON Diff chrome extension which works offline
≈2K users5.0★ from 1 ratingNot updated for 2+ yearsNo special permissions- About 3.0× fewer users than JsonDiscovery
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 2)
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JSONGrid Web Inspector
A Chrome extension for inspecting JSON data with JSONGrid, a tabular JSON view.
≈2K users3.0★ from 1 ratingUpdated 11 months ago3 permissions- About 3.0× fewer users than JsonDiscovery
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (3 vs 2)
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JSON Formatter
Makes JSON easy to read
≈2M users1.5★ from 2.1K ratingsUpdated 6 months ago3 permissions- About 333× more users than JsonDiscovery
- Rated 3.4 stars lower
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (3 vs 2)
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JSON Tools
Collection of small & convenient JSON tools.
≈1K users4.5★ from 2 ratingsUpdated 8 months ago1 permissions- About 6.0× fewer users than JsonDiscovery
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 2)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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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 2 days ago3 permissions- About 50× more users than JsonDiscovery
- Rated 0.4 stars lower
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (3 vs 2)
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JSON Viewer
Port of Firefox's JSON Viewer
≈30K users4.7★ from 51 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years1 permissions- About 5.0× more users than JsonDiscovery
- Rated 0.2 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 2)
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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 1.7× more users than JsonDiscovery
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (3 vs 2)
JsonDiscovery alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to JsonDiscovery?
By users, the most popular alternative is JSON Formatter with ≈2M users and a 1.5-star rating. The closest match by what it does is JSONView.
Which JsonDiscovery 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 JsonDiscovery alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
JSON Diff asks for 0 permissions, against 2 for JsonDiscovery.
How many alternatives to JsonDiscovery are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to JsonDiscovery 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.