🧾 JSON Formatter & Validator

Beautify, minify, and validate JSON. Everything runs locally in your browser.

Indent:
{
  "name": "ConfigManual",
  "tags": [
    "linux",
    "networking"
  ],
  "active": true
}

What this tool does

Paste any JSON and this tool instantly validates it, beautifies it with clean indentation, or minifies it to a single line. If the JSON is malformed, you get the exact error message so you can find the problem fast. Everything happens in your browser — your data is never sent to a server.

Common uses

  • Debugging API responses — make a wall of minified JSON readable.
  • Validating config files — catch a missing comma or bracket before it breaks a deploy.
  • Minifying for production — strip whitespace to shrink payloads.

Quick JSON tips

  • Keys and strings must use double quotes, never single quotes.
  • No trailing commas after the last element.
  • Allowed value types: string, number, boolean, null, object, array.

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