JSONBuddy – standalone JSON editor for Windows® to view, edit, validate and format JSON

• Complete grid-style editor for well‑formed JSON. Create and change values without breaking structure.
• Schema‑aware auto‑completion (IntelliSense). Author JSON in less time with accurate suggestions.
• Syntax checking & JSON Schema validation with jump‑to‑error to fix problems instantly.
• JSON Pointer evaluation and navigation.
• Bidirectional JSON ⇄ XML conversion.
• CSV import/export to move data between spreadsheets and JSON.
• Includes a command-line tool for automated validation and conversions in scripts and batch files.

Note: JSONBuddy is a separate software package. Most JSON-related features are also available in XML ValidatorBuddy.

Download JSONBuddy and try all JSON editing features:

• Provide JSON Schema definitions for instant, context‑aware checks.
• Resolve issues quickly with jump‑to‑error and problem list.
• Validate complete documents or selected fragments.
• Handle large JSON reliably with streaming‑based checks (see Large Data edition).
• Design schemas with enhanced syntax coloring and on‑save validation.
• Generate HTML documentation directly from JSON Schemas.

• Full JSON text editor with syntax coloring and code folding.
• Use the text view whenever you need to edit inputs that are not yet well‑formed.
• Avoid parsing issues with on‑the‑fly syntax checking and pretty‑print.
• Brace highlighting, whitespace removal, and fast find/replace.

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight text format for structured data. JSONBuddy helps you create, inspect, and convert JSON efficiently—whether you are drafting new schemas, validating data sets, or converting between formats.

Additional tools to work efficiently with JSON:

• Convert between XML and JSON.
• Convert JSON to CSV text.
• Import CSV and generate JSON data.
• Apply stylesheets to JSON and generate HTML.
• Automate tasks using the included command-line utility for validation and conversion.

Use the dedicated JSON Schema view to visualize your schema as a clear, interactive tree and generate polished HTML documentation. Learn more about the JSON Schema editor in JSONBuddy.

Working with massive JSON files? The Large Data edition unlocks the streaming JSON Schema validator to validate multi‑gigabyte data sets without loading everything into memory. Learn about the Large Data solution.