
I Built a JSON Formatter Because Every Existing One Has Ads
Let me paint you a picture. It's 11pm, I'm debugging an API response, and I just need to format a blob of JSON so I can actually read it. I open the first Google result and get hit with a cookie banner, two pop-ups, and an ad for VPNs covering half the screen. This happens every single time. So I built my own JSON formatter. Not because the world needed another one, but because I was tired of fighting through ad-infested tools just to add some whitespace to a JSON string. What it actually does JSONPrettify does four things: Formats JSON with proper indentation so you can read it Validates JSON and tells you exactly where the syntax error is Minifies JSON when you need to strip whitespace back out Tree view that lets you expand and collapse nested objects That's it. No account creation, no premium tier, no "sign up to unlock minification." You paste your JSON, you get your result. Why browser-only matters Everything runs in your browser. Your JSON never leaves your machine. I want to st
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