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. Saw.js – live parsing data out of text launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Remarkable▲82

   a JavaScript Markdown and Commonmark parser

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Macaw▲90

   A simple code editor for Swift

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   MuM▲93

   A reading-first Markdown engine for macOS

   26d ago · mum.jiker.ai · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Dug.js▲66

   A JSONP to HTML Script

   2014 · rog.ie · its alternatives →

5. 5
   knwl.js▲68

   Pull important data from large text blocks

   2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Sonar▲14

   A linting tool for the web

   2017 · its alternatives →

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   Siphon.js – A data extraction library built for scale▲8

   2016 · siphonjs.com · its alternatives →

8. 8PT
   Piglet, the fluent parser▲8

   2012 · binarysculpting.com · its alternatives →

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

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Eloquent Javascript▲20

    A modern introduction to Javascript

    2014 · eloquentjavascript.net · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Pure JS live-editing for React▲6

    2014 · gaearon.github.io · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Jsong: faster than light streaming JSON parser and writer in C▲9

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    JSON Parser▲8

    Awesome way to view JSON.

    2018 · jsonformatter.org · its alternatives →

14. 14AJ
    A JSON Viewer with indentation based highlighting, and table-view mode▲9

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

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    Bulk set properties recursively in complex JSON string trees▲8

    An Experimental Regex Engine to Parse and Apply Bulk Changes to a JSON String Without Using 'JSON.parse()' for Deserialization - patternhelloworld/json-knife

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

16. 16FS
    Flash – Speed Reading Web App Made with React/Next.js▲9

    2018 · producthunt.com · its alternatives →

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    Json-knife (update huge JSON string recursively with regex)▲6

    An Experimental Regex Engine to Parse and Apply Bulk Changes to a JSON String Without Using 'JSON.parse()' for Deserialization - patternhelloworld/json-knife

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Collaborative text editing in ~220 lines of JavaScript▲5

    2021 · git.ce9e.org · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Netflix Falcor▲4

    A JavaScript library for efficient data fetching

    2015 · netflix.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Lexical.io – A web app for reading English text▲9

    2016 · lexical.io · its alternatives →

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    FindR, a fully-featured find and replace bar for Google Chrome▲8

    2017 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

22. 22AS
    A Super Simple JSON CMS▲8

    2018 · medium.com · its alternatives →

23. 23CS
    Cleaver - simple, interactive HTML slideshows from JSON▲8

    2012 · prezjordan.github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Live-Editable Svelte Pages▲7

    Mar 2026 · svedit.dev · its alternatives →

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