jless
jless is a powerful command-line tool designed for reading, exploring, and searching through JSON data.
Our verdict
Who it's for
A command-line JSON viewer for efficient data exploration and debugging.
Who should look elsewhere
Limited to command-line interface, no GUI option.
Pros
- +Enhances readability of JSON data with pretty printing and syntax highlighting.
- +Efficient navigation and exploration with Vim-inspired commands.
- +Powerful search capabilities using regular expressions.
- +Useful for debugging APIs and inspecting request payloads.
- +Easy installation via various package managers on supported OS.
Cons
- −Limited to command-line interface, no GUI option.
- −Currently only supports macOS and Linux.
- −Requires Rust toolchain for installation from source.
Key features
- ✓Command-line interface
- ✓Pretty print JSON
- ✓Syntax highlighting
- ✓Expand and collapse Objects and Arrays
- ✓Vim-inspired navigation commands
- ✓Full-text regular-expression based search
- ✓Search within long string values
- ✓Jump between values for the same Object key
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Billing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| jless | — | month | Pretty print JSON; Syntax highlighting; Expand and collapse Objects and Arrays |
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