Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. A privacy-focused JSON pretty printer launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1JA
   jq, a lightweight commandline JSON processor▲5

   2012 · stedolan.github.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Obfuscation▲53

   A user's guide for privacy and protest

   2015 · mitpress.mit.edu · its alternatives →

3. 3AS
   A Super Simple JSON CMS▲8

   2018 · medium.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The Changelog - #189: JSON API with Yehuda Katz▲66

   Yehuda's start as a programmer and the spec for building API

   2016 · changelog.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   A lightweight JSON Parser without memory allocation in ~250 LOC▲9

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   PasteKit▲89

   Format JSON, YAML & SQL privately

   13d ago · pastekit.dev · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Jsong: faster than light streaming JSON parser and writer in C▲9

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8AJ
   A JSON Viewer with indentation based highlighting, and table-view mode▲9

   2018 · json-viewer.sohamkamani.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   JSON Pretty Print▲8

   For JSON Lovers

   2017 · jsonformatter.org · its alternatives →

10. 10PP
    Privacy preserving notes and journal webapp with personal analytics▲7

    2020 · poplar.one · its alternatives →

11. 11MS
    Minimalistic secure open source paste bin service▲9

    2016 · bin.so · its alternatives →

12. 12PJ
    Page.json – An open standard for representing UI▲5

    The effortless way to control AI

    13d ago · wuwei.us · its alternatives →

13. 13NJ
    Noise – JSON search engine library▲6

    2017 · noisesearch.org · its alternatives →

14. 14AP
    A privacy appliance for email over Tor▲5

    2015 · lookingglass.email · its alternatives →

15. 15AO
    an order-preserving JSON encoding (so byte-order == value-order)▲7

    2010 · keyjson.org · its alternatives →

16. 16
    A better deep cloning for JavaScript objects▲5

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Simplest ML API▲7

    2021 · doc.clickup.com · its alternatives →

18. 18AE
    Algebraic — Effortless macOS file encryption, integrated with Finder.▲7

    2022 · algebraic.cc · its alternatives →

19. 19SS
    Snappy, Secure, On-Device OCR for macOS▲9

    2020 · frankbyte.com · its alternatives →

20. 20PF
    Privacy-Focused and Open Source Alternative for Google Photos▲6

    2019 · photos.arcaneoffice.com · its alternatives →

21. 21NI
    Neko.io - pretty secret sharing▲8

    2012 · neko.io · its alternatives →

22. 22EE
    E2E encrypted “multiplayer” text editor on the web in 6kb▲9

    2022 · picnic.lecaro.me · its alternatives →

23. 23JE
    JSON Editor for macOS▲5

    2022 · theapiscout.com · its alternatives →

24. 24PP
    Pretty print invalid JSON (or anything that looks sort of like JSON)▲9

    2021 · prettyprintplease.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →