jless is a command-line JSON viewer designed for reading, exploring, and searching through JSON data.
jless will pretty print your JSON and apply syntax highlighting. Use it when exploring external APIs, or debugging request payloads.
Expand and collapse Objects and Arrays to grasp the high- and low-level structure of a JSON document. jless has a large suite of vim-inspired commands that make exploring data a breeze.
jless supports full text regular-expression based search. Quickly find the data you're looking for in long String values, or jump between values for the same Object key.
jless currently supports macOS and Linux and can be installed using various package managers.
| OS | Package Manager | Command |
|---|---|---|
| macOS | HomeBrew | brew install jless |
| macOS | MacPorts | sudo port install jless |
| Linux | HomeBrew | brew install jless |
| Arch Linux | pacman -S jless | |
| Void Linux | sudo xbps-install jless | |
| NetBSD | pkgin install jless | |
| FreeBSD | pkg install jless | |
| From source (requires Rust toolchain) | cargo install jless | |
Binaries for various architectures are also available on GitHub.
Check out the user guide to learn about the full functionality of jless.