json-tui is a JSON terminal UI made in C++.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Interactive: Use keyboard or mouse to scroll/expand objects.
- Colors
- Responsive: Adapt to the terminal dimensions. Very long text values are wrapped on several lines.
- Small: ~0.7MB all included. Zero dependencies.
- The output is displayed inline with the previous commands. Meaning you can still see the json after leaving json-tui.
- (Vim users): Also support j/k for navigation.
- Table view: Turn arrays of objects into tables.
- Cross-platform: runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Website: github.com/ArthurSonzogni/json-tui
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Developer: Arthur Sonzogni
License: MIT License
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