JSON6
A superset of JSON that adds ES6 syntax features like comments, trailing commas, and unquoted keys for human-friendly data files.
What is JSON6?
JSON6 is a JavaScript library that extends the JSON format with ES6-inspired syntax features to make it more human-friendly. It allows developers to write JSON-like data with comments, unquoted keys, trailing commas, multiline strings, and additional number formats while remaining fully compatible with standard JSON. It solves the problem of JSON being cumbersome to write and maintain by hand for configurations, manifests, and other human-edited data files.
Developers working with configuration files, build manifests, test data, or any JSON-based data that needs to be readable and editable by humans. It's particularly useful for Node.js and frontend projects where JSON is used for settings or data serialization.
JSON6 offers a lightweight, backward-compatible extension to JSON that dramatically improves readability and writability without requiring a switch to a completely different format like YAML. Its streaming parser and performance optimizations make it a practical choice for both small configs and large data streams.
Overview
JSON for Humans (ES6)
Use Cases
Best For
- Writing configuration files with comments and trailing commas
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