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Does anyone know of a tool like ranger[1] for visualizing JSON on the terminal? There is a Chrome Extension[2], but nothing useful to browse JSON on the terminal (it doesn't have to be like ranger, I'm looking for any tool that makes it easier to take a look at a JSON file).

  [1]: https://github.com/hut/ranger
  [2]: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/json-finder/flhdcaebggmmpnnaljiajhihdfconkbj

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If you use vim there's https://github.com/elzr/vim-json which gives you folding, highlighting, etc.

not "like ranger" yet emacs has an extensive library to edit, highlight, and tidy various data formats (XML, HTML, yaml), and json is no exception: https://github.com/thorstadt/json-pretty-print.el

jq can pretty print JSON files, including coloring.

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