Free Online JSON Formatter & Validator

Beautify, validate, minify, and explore your JSON data with ease. Includes interactive tree view, instant processing, and privacy-first client-side operation.

🕓 History

🔑 Key Features & Benefits

  • Format & Beautify JSON — automatic indentation & line breaks.
  • Validate Syntax — detect errors and ensure correctness.
  • Tree View — visually explore JSON structure interactively.
  • Minify JSON — compress by removing spaces & line breaks.
  • Easy Input Methods — paste or upload JSON.
  • Secure & Private — all processing happens locally in browser.

📌 Use Cases

  • Web Developers & API Integrators cleaning and validating JSON requests/responses.
  • Data Analysts understanding and traversing complex JSON datasets.
  • API Developers ensuring correct JSON structure in endpoints.
  • Front-end Engineers debugging JSON fetched from servers.
  • Students & Learners practicing JSON syntax, structure, and errors.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

  • What is a JSON formatter?
    A tool that restructures raw JSON into clean, readable format.
  • Is Ektool.in’s JSON formatter free?
    Yes — no registration, completely free.
  • Does it validate JSON?
    Yes — it checks for syntax errors and highlights them.
  • Is my JSON data safe?
    Yes — processing is done in your browser, not on servers.
  • Can it handle large JSON files?
    Performance depends on browser/device, but many sizable JSON documents work.