OTree is a terminal user interface for viewing structured data as an interactive tree. It supports JSON, YAML, TOML and XML files, making deeply nested documents easier to explore from the terminal.
The interface combines a tree overview with a data view and provides navigation, filtering, syntax highlighting and mouse support. Its colours and key bindings can be customised through a configuration file.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- View JSON files as interactive trees.
- View YAML files.
- View TOML files.
- View XML files.
- Tree overview for navigating nested data.
- Separate data block for viewing selected content.
- Change the selected item to the current root.
- Return to the previous root.
- Expand individual tree items.
- Expand all items.
- Close all expanded items.
- Filter items.
- Highlight filtering keywords.
- Syntax highlighting in the data view.
- Copy selected content to the clipboard.
- Open selected items in an external editor in read-only mode.
- Mouse click and scrolling support.
- Customisable colours and key bindings.
Website: github.com/fioncat/otree
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Developer: wenqian
License: MIT License
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