--- title: GitHub - callumlocke/json-formatter: Makes JSON easy to... description: JSON Formatter, a popular open source Chrome extension for viewing and exploring JSON API responses, has been archived. The developer is moving to a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/github---callumlocke-json-formatter-makes-json-easy-to-read--zftlnovzw twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: GitHub - callumlocke/json-formatter: Makes JSON easy to read. | daily.dev og:description: JSON Formatter, a popular open source Chrome extension for viewing and exploring JSON API responses, has been archived. The developer is moving to a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/github---callumlocke-json-formatter-makes-json-easy-to-read--zftlnovzw og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ZftLnovZW.png og:image:alt: GitHub - callumlocke/json-formatter: Makes JSON easy to read. og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # GitHub - callumlocke/json-formatter: Makes JSON easy to read. **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 3 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary JSON Formatter, a popular open source Chrome extension for viewing and exploring JSON API responses, has been archived. The developer is moving to a closed-source commercial model to build a more comprehensive API-browsing tool. The final open source version is published as 'JSON Formatter Classic' on the Chrome Web Store for users who prefer a simple, local-only, no-update extension. The repo remains available for forking. The extension features syntax highlighting, collapsible trees, dark mode, clickable URLs, and fast performance even on large JSON pages. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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