JSONVue Chrome Extension Analysis
Developer & Designer ToolsChrome extension ID: chklaanhfefbnpoihckbnefhakgolnmc
This extension automatically formats and highlights JSON content served via web requests. It allows users to view, validate, and customize the display of JSON data directly in their browser tab.
Overview
Installs
900K+
Rating
★ 4.5
2,634 reviews
Languages
1 locales
Includes English
Market analysis
Review-backed positioning, friction, and market signals for this Chrome extension.
Macro category
Developer & Designer Tools
Pricing friction
Low review signal
Complaint intensity
Moderate review signal
Listing positioning
JSONVue is positioned as a simple Chrome port of the original Firefox JSONView extension. It focuses on validating and formatting JSON documents directly within the browser interface using a client-side implementation of JSONLint.
Inferred product pattern
Legacy browser extension that has become unmaintained, leading to functional regressions and poor user experience.
Review-backed pain points
Users frequently report that the extension fails to parse valid JSON, breaks during copy-paste operations, and lacks clear instructions on how to initiate or configure the tool.
Observed feature gaps
The tool lacks modern maintenance updates, clear documentation for users, and robustness when handling nested quotes or specific content-type headers.
- Web Developers
- Software Engineers
- API Integrators
- Viewing raw JSON API responses
- Validating JSON syntax
- Customizing JSON display styles
- Useful for quick previews of JSON data
- Integration with browser workflows for API testing
- Lack of maintenance for several years
- Parsing errors with valid JSON
- Strips special characters/formatting when copying
- Missing documentation or onboarding instructions
- Performance complaints detected
- The extension is free to use; no pricing friction is reported.
Support
Users express frustration regarding a complete lack of developer responsiveness and the absence of user guides or FAQs.
Reliability
Significant reliability concerns due to parsing failures, unhandled characters, and failure to trigger on certain local or file-based URLs.
Privacy
No privacy or security-related complaints were identified in the review sample.
- Free usage observed
- No account requirement observed
- Free plan or free usage claimed
Store listing facts
- Screenshots: 6
- Videos: 0
- Languages: 1
- Privacy policy
- Developer contact
- Support link
- Version: 0.2.3
- Size: 181KiB
- Last updated:
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Links
Privacy policy: https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFile/blob/master/privacy.md
Support links: https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/JSONVue/issues