JSON Formatter & Validator

Pretty-print, minify and validate JSON

About JSON

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight, language-independent data interchange format. This tool parses your input with the browser’s native JSON engine, so validation matches exactly what your application will see.

What this tool checks

  • Syntax validity — reports the exact position of any parse error
  • Structure — nesting depth, key and value counts
  • Formatting — configurable indentation for readability
  • Minification — strips all optional whitespace

Common mistakes

  • Trailing commas after the last element (not valid JSON)
  • Single quotes instead of double quotes around keys and strings
  • Unquoted object keys
  • Comments — JSON has no comment syntax