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Vue and Nuxt 2/3 isomorphic JSON editor, viewer, formatter and validator.
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Important

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While having a extremely dismal number of Stars: GitHub Stars

Please consider starring ⭐ or donating to support our ongoing maintenance if it helps: GitHub issues closed


Features

  • 🚀 Performant
    • Handle large JSON documents up to 512 MB
    • Deserialize with destr by default, up to 35.96x faster than JSON.parse
  • 💪 Powerful
    • View, edit, format, validate, compact, sort, query, filter, transform, repair, highlight JSON
    • 7 primitive data types including BigInt and Symbol
    • 3 edit modes: text mode & tree mode & table mode
    • 2 themes: light theme & dark theme
    • 2-way binding: parsed or stringified JSON
  • 🤸 Flexible
    • Vue 2.6/2.7/3 isomorphic
    • Support SSR, Nuxt 2/3 isomorphic
    • Support Vite, Vue CLI, webpack, CDN...
    • Support microfrontends
    • Support PC & mobile devices
    • Local registration & configuration, or global registration & configuration (Powered by vue-global-config)

Install

Dependencies

As of v0.11, it's no longer necessary to explicitly install the vanilla-jsoneditor dependency.

Update Dependency Versions

npm rm json-editor-vue && npm i json-editor-vue

Specify Dependency Versions

// package.json
{
  // npm/cnpm/bun
  "overrides": {
    "vanilla-jsoneditor": "***",
    "vue-demi": "***"
  },
  // yarn/bun
  "resolutions": {
    "vanilla-jsoneditor": "***",
    "vue-demi": "***"
  },
  // pnpm
  "pnpm": {
    "overrides": {
      "vanilla-jsoneditor": "***",
      "vue-demi": "***"
    }
  }
}

With Scope:

// package.json
{
  // npm/cnpm/bun
  "overrides": {
    "json-editor-vue": {
      "vanilla-jsoneditor": "***",
      "vue-demi": "***"
    }
  },
  // yarn/bun
  "resolutions": {
    "json-editor-vue/vanilla-jsoneditor": "***",
    "json-editor-vue/vue-demi": "***"
  },
  // pnpm
  "pnpm": {
    "overrides": {
      "json-editor-vue>vanilla-jsoneditor": "***",
      "json-editor-vue>vue-demi": "***"
    }
  }
}

Vue 3

npm i json-editor-vue

Local Registration

<script setup>
import JsonEditorVue from 'json-editor-vue'

const value = ref()
</script>

<template>
  <JsonEditorVue
    v-model="value"
    v-bind="{/* local props & attrs */}"
  />
</template>

Global Registration

import JsonEditorVue from 'json-editor-vue'
import { createApp } from 'vue'

createApp()
  .use(JsonEditorVue, {
    // global props & attrs (one-way data flow)
  })
  .mount('#app')

CDN + ESM

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
  </head>

  <body>
    <div id="app">
      <json-editor-vue v-model="value"></json-editor-vue>
    </div>

    <script type="importmap">
      {
        "imports": {
          "vue": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vue/dist/vue.esm-browser.prod.js",
          "vue-demi": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vue-demi/lib/v3/index.mjs",
          "vanilla-jsoneditor": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vanilla-jsoneditor",
          "json-editor-vue": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/json-editor-vue.mjs"
        }
      }
    </script>
    <script type="module">
      import { createApp, ref } from 'vue'
      import JsonEditorVue from 'json-editor-vue'

      createApp({
        setup: () => ({
          value: ref(),
        }),
      })
        .use(JsonEditorVue)
        .mount('#app')
    </script>
  </body>
</html>

CDN + IIFE

Warning

Not yet supported because vanilla-jsoneditor does not export IIFE or UMD,

please leave a message here if you need it.

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
  </head>

  <body>
    <div id="app">
      <json-editor-vue v-model="value"></json-editor-vue>
    </div>

    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vue"></script>
    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vue-demi"></script>
    <!-- TODO -->
    <script src="./vanilla-jsoneditor.umd.js"></script>
    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]"></script>
    <script>
      const { createApp, ref } = Vue

      createApp({
        setup: () => ({
          value: ref(),
        }),
      })
        .use(JsonEditorVue)
        .mount('#app')
    </script>
  </body>
</html>

Vue 2.7

npm i json-editor-vue

Local Registration

<script setup>
import JsonEditorVue from 'json-editor-vue'

const value = ref()
</script>

<template>
  <JsonEditorVue
    v-model="value"
    v-bind="{/* local props & attrs */}"
  />
</template>

Global Registration

import JsonEditorVue from 'json-editor-vue'
import Vue from 'vue'

Vue.use(JsonEditorVue, {
  // global props & attrs (one-way data flow)
})

CDN + ESM

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
  </head>

  <body>
    <div id="app">
      <json-editor-vue v-model="value"></json-editor-vue>
    </div>

    <script type="importmap">
      {
        "imports": {
          "vue": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vue@2/dist/vue.esm.browser.min.js",
          "vue-demi": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vue-demi/lib/v2.7/index.mjs",
          "vanilla-jsoneditor": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vanilla-jsoneditor",
          "json-editor-vue": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/json-editor-vue.mjs"
        }
      }
    </script>
    <script type="module">
      import Vue from 'vue'
      import JsonEditorVue from 'json-editor-vue'

      new Vue({
        components: { JsonEditorVue },
        data() {
          return {
            value: undefined,
          }
        },
      }).$mount('#app')
    </script>
  </body>
</html>

CDN + IIFE

Warning

Not yet supported because vanilla-jsoneditor does not export IIFE or UMD,

please leave a message here if you need it.

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
  </head>

  <body>
    <div id="app">
      <json-editor-vue v-model="value"></json-editor-vue>
    </div>

    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vue@2"></script>
    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vue-demi"></script>
    <!-- TODO -->
    <script src="./vanilla-jsoneditor.umd.js"></script>
    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]"></script>
    <script>
      new Vue({
        components: { JsonEditorVue },
        data() {
          return {
            value: undefined,
          }
        },
      }).$mount('#app')
    </script>
  </body>
</html>

Vue 2.6 or Earlier

npm i @vue/composition-api json-editor-vue

Local Registration

<script>
import VCA from '@vue/composition-api'
import JsonEditorVue from 'json-editor-vue'
import Vue from 'vue'

Vue.use(VCA)

export default {
  components: { JsonEditorVue },
  data() {
    return {
      value: undefined,
    }
  },
}
</script>

<template>
  <JsonEditorVue
    v-model="value"
    v-bind="{/* local props & attrs */}"
  />
</template>

Global Registration

import VCA from '@vue/composition-api'
import JsonEditorVue from 'json-editor-vue'
import Vue from 'vue'

Vue.use(VCA)
Vue.use(JsonEditorVue, {
  // global props & attrs (one-way data flow)
})

CDN + ESM

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
  </head>

  <body>
    <div id="app">
      <json-editor-vue v-model="value"></json-editor-vue>
    </div>

    <script>
      window.process = { env: { NODE_ENV: 'production' } }
    </script>
    <script type="importmap">
      {
        "imports": {
          "vue": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/vue.esm.browser.min.js",
          "@vue/composition-api": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@vue/composition-api/dist/vue-composition-api.mjs",
          "@vue/composition-api/dist/vue-composition-api.mjs": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@vue/composition-api/dist/vue-composition-api.mjs",
          "vue-demi": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vue-demi/lib/v2/index.mjs",
          "vanilla-jsoneditor": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vanilla-jsoneditor",
          "json-editor-vue": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/json-editor-vue.mjs"
        }
      }
    </script>
    <script type="module">
      import { createApp, ref } from '@vue/composition-api'
      import JsonEditorVue from 'json-editor-vue'

      const app = createApp({
        setup: () => ({
          value: ref(),
        }),
      })

      app.use(JsonEditorVue)
      app.mount('#app')
    </script>
  </body>
</html>

CDN + IIFE

Warning

Not yet supported because vanilla-jsoneditor does not export IIFE or UMD,

please leave a message here if you need it.

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
  </head>

  <body>
    <div id="app">
      <json-editor-vue v-model="value"></json-editor-vue>
    </div>

    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]"></script>
    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@vue/composition-api"></script>
    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vue-demi"></script>
    <!-- TODO -->
    <script src="./vanilla-jsoneditor.umd.js"></script>
    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]"></script>
    <script>
      const { createApp, ref } = VueCompositionAPI

      const app = createApp({
        setup: () => ({
          value: ref(),
        }),
      })

      app.use(VueCompositionAPI)
      app.use(JsonEditorVue)
      app.mount('#app')
    </script>
  </body>
</html>

Nuxt 3

npm i json-editor-vue

Local Registration

<!-- ~/components/JsonEditorVue.client.vue -->

<script setup>
import JsonEditorVue from 'json-editor-vue'

const attrs = useAttrs()
</script>

<template>
  <JsonEditorVue v-bind="attrs" />
</template>
<script setup>
const value = ref()
</script>

<template>
  <JsonEditorVue
    v-model="value"
    v-bind="{/* local props & attrs */}"
  />
</template>

Global Registration as a Module

// nuxt.config.ts

export default defineNuxtConfig({
  modules: ['json-editor-vue/nuxt'],
})
<script setup>
const value = ref()
</script>

<template>
  <JsonEditorVue
    v-model="value"
    v-bind="{/* local props & attrs */}"
  />
</template>

Global Registration as a Plugin

// ~/plugins/JsonEditorVue.client.ts

import JsonEditorVue from 'json-editor-vue'

export default defineNuxtPlugin((nuxtApp) => {
  nuxtApp.vueApp.use(JsonEditorVue, {
    // global props & attrs (one-way data flow)
  })
})
<script setup>
const value = ref()
</script>

<template>
  <JsonEditorVue
    v-model="value"
    v-bind="{/* local props & attrs */}"
  />
</template>

Nuxt 2 + Vue 2.7

npm i json-editor-vue

Local Registration

// nuxt.config.js

export default {
  build: {
    // Vite ≥4 (Rollup ≥3) uses ES2020 as compiler target by default
    // Therefore Vite-≥4-built outputs should be transpiled in webpack 4
    transpile: ['json-editor-vue'],
    extend(config) {
      // Getting webpack to recognize the `.mjs` file
      config.module.rules.push({
        test: /\.mjs$/,
        include: /node_modules/,
        type: 'javascript/auto',
      })
    },
  },
}
<script setup>
import { ref } from 'vue'

function JsonEditorVue() {
  return process.client
    ? import('json-editor-vue')
    : Promise.resolve({ render: h => h('div') })
}

const value = ref()
</script>

<template>
  <JsonEditorVue
    v-model="value"
    v-bind="{/* local props & attrs */}"
  />
</template>

Global Registration

// nuxt.config.js

export default {
  plugins: ['~/plugins/JsonEditorVue.client'],
  build: {
    // Vite ≥4 (Rollup ≥3) uses ES2020 as compiler target by default
    // Therefore Vite-≥4-built outputs should be transpiled in webpack 4
    transpile: ['json-editor-vue'],
    extend(config) {
      // Getting webpack to recognize the `.mjs` file
      config.module.rules.push({
        test: /\.mjs$/,
        include: /node_modules/,
        type: 'javascript/auto',
      })
    },
  },
}
// ~/plugins/JsonEditorVue.client.js

import JsonEditorVue from 'json-editor-vue'
import Vue from 'vue'

Vue.use(JsonEditorVue, {
  // global props & attrs (one-way data flow)
})
<script setup>
import { ref } from 'vue'

const value = ref()
</script>

<template>
  <ClientOnly>
    <JsonEditorVue
      v-model="value"
      v-bind="{/* local props & attrs */}"
    />
  </ClientOnly>
</template>

Nuxt 2 + Vue 2.6 or Earlier

npm i @vue/composition-api json-editor-vue

Local Registration

// nuxt.config.js

export default {
  build: {
    // Vite ≥4 (Rollup ≥3) uses ES2020 as compiler target by default
    // Therefore Vite-≥4-built outputs should be transpiled in webpack 4
    transpile: ['json-editor-vue'],
    extend(config) {
      // Getting webpack to recognize the `.mjs` file
      config.module.rules.push({
        test: /\.mjs$/,
        include: /node_modules/,
        type: 'javascript/auto',
      })
    },
  },
}
<script>
import VCA from '@vue/composition-api'
import Vue from 'vue'

Vue.use(VCA)

export default {
  components: {
    JsonEditorVue: () => process.client
      ? import('json-editor-vue')
      : Promise.resolve({ render: h => h('div') }),
  },
  data() {
    return {
      value: undefined,
    }
  },
}
</script>

<template>
  <JsonEditorVue
    v-model="value"
    v-bind="{/* local props & attrs */}"
  />
</template>

Global Registration

// nuxt.config.js

export default {
  plugins: ['~/plugins/JsonEditorVue.client'],
  build: {
    // Vite ≥4 (Rollup ≥3) uses ES2020 as compiler target by default
    // Therefore Vite-≥4-built outputs should be transpiled in webpack 4
    transpile: ['json-editor-vue'],
    extend(config) {
      // Getting webpack to recognize the `.mjs` file
      config.module.rules.push({
        test: /\.mjs$/,
        include: /node_modules/,
        type: 'javascript/auto',
      })
    },
  },
}
// ~/plugins/JsonEditorVue.client.js

import VCA from '@vue/composition-api'
import JsonEditorVue from 'json-editor-vue'
import Vue from 'vue'

Vue.use(VCA)
Vue.use(JsonEditorVue, {
  // global props & attrs (one-way data flow)
})
<script>
export default {
  data() {
    return {
      value: undefined,
    }
  },
}
</script>

<template>
  <ClientOnly>
    <JsonEditorVue
      v-model="value"
      v-bind="{/* local props & attrs */}"
    />
  </ClientOnly>
</template>

Vite

Ready to use right out of the box.


Vue CLI 5 (webpack 5)

Ready to use right out of the box.


Vue CLI 4 (webpack 4)

≥ v4.5.15

// vue.config.js

module.exports = {
  // Vite ≥4 (Rollup ≥3) uses ES2020 as compiler target by default
  // Therefore Vite-≥4-built outputs should be transpiled in webpack 4
  transpileDependencies: ['json-editor-vue'],
}

< v4.5.15

// vue.config.js

module.exports = {
  // Vite ≥4 (Rollup ≥3) uses ES2020 as compiler target by default
  // Therefore Vite-≥4-built outputs should be transpiled in webpack 4
  transpileDependencies: ['json-editor-vue'],
  configureWebpack: {
    module: {
      rules: [
        // Getting webpack to recognize the `.mjs` file
        {
          test: /\.mjs$/,
          include: /node_modules/,
          type: 'javascript/auto',
        },
      ],
    },
  },
}

Vue CLI 3 (webpack 4)

npm i @babel/plugin-proposal-nullish-coalescing-operator @babel/plugin-proposal-optional-chaining -D
// babel.config.js

module.exports = {
  plugins: [
    '@babel/plugin-proposal-nullish-coalescing-operator',
    '@babel/plugin-proposal-optional-chaining',
  ],
}
// vue.config.js

module.exports = {
  // Vite ≥4 (Rollup ≥3) uses ES2020 as compiler target by default
  // Therefore Vite-≥4-built outputs should be transpiled in webpack 4
  transpileDependencies: ['json-editor-vue'],
  chainWebpack(config) {
    // Getting webpack to recognize the `.mjs` file
    config.module
      .rule('mjs')
      .include
      .add(/node_modules/)
      .type('javascript/auto')
      .end()
  },
}

Vue CLI 2 & 1 (webpack 3)

Vue CLI 2 & 1 pull the template from vuejs-templates/webpack.

npm i @babel/core@latest @babel/preset-env@latest babel-loader@latest -D
// babel.config.js

module.exports = {
  presets: [
    '@babel/preset-env',
  ],
}
// webpack.base.conf.js

module.exports = {
  module: {
    rules: [
      // Getting webpack to recognize the `.mjs` file
      {
        test: /\.mjs$/,
        loader: 'babel-loader',
        include: [resolve('src'), resolve('test'), resolve('node_modules/json-editor-vue')],
      },
    ],
  },
}

Props

Name Description Type Default
v-model /
modelValue (Vue 3) /
value (Vue 2)
binding value any
mode /
v-model:mode (Vue 3) /
:mode.sync (Vue 2)
edit mode Mode Mode.tree
debounce debounce delay to update the binding value when typing in text mode, in milliseconds number 300
stringified whether to keep the binding value as stringified JSON in text mode boolean true
... properties of svelte-jsoneditor

parsed JSON vs. stringified JSON

  • parsed JSON: what we commonly refer to as JSON, which can be of any data type.
  • stringified JSON: serialized JSON, which is always a string type.

Binding value difference between svelte-jsoneditor and json-editor-vue

  • svelte-jsoneditor: An object contains a parsed JSON or a stringified JSON, will do JSON.parse when passing as a stringified JSON.
  • json-editor-vue: JSON itself. What you see is what you get.

If you prefer the behavior of svelte-jsoneditor:

<JsonEditorVue
  :content="content"
  :onChange="(updatedContent) => {
    content = updatedContent
  }"
/>

The association between binding value and modes

Important

The input value is independent of modes, except:

Input value of string type will be treated as a normal string under tree mode, as a stringified JSON under text mode by default.

The output value of tree mode is a parsed JSON, the output value of text mode is a stringified JSON.

But this correspondence can be disrupted by programmatic changes or mode switching.

See josdejong/svelte-jsoneditor#166 for more details.

FAQ: How to keep the value as parsed JSON in text mode?

Caution

  • Not performant for large JSON documents.
  • Adjust the debounce value based on the size of your JSON.
  • Will output empty value when the input value is invalid.
<script setup>
import { Mode } from 'vanilla-jsoneditor'
</script>

<template>
  <JsonEditorVue :mode="Mode.text" :stringified="false" />
</template>

Naming convention

Support camelCase and kebab-case for tag & property name.

Tip

When using json-editor-vue or any Vue component via CDN (HTML), kebab-case must be used exclusively due to HTML's case insensitivity.

Boolean properties

Including the boolean properties of svelte-jsoneditor like readOnly with no value will imply true:

  • <JsonEditorVue readOnly />

  • <JsonEditorVue :readOnly="true" />


Exposes

Name Description Type
jsonEditor JSONEditor instance object

Calling the methods of svelte-jsoneditor

<script setup>
import { onMounted, useTemplateRef } from 'vue'

// Vue ≥ v3.5
const jsonEditorVueRef = useTemplateRef('jsonEditorVueRef')
// Vue < v3.5
// const jsonEditorVueRef = ref()

onMounted(() => {
  jsonEditorVueRef.value.jsonEditor.focus()
})
</script>

<template>
  <JsonEditorVue ref="jsonEditorVueRef" />
</template>

BigInt

npm i lossless-json
<script setup>
import JsonEditorVue from 'json-editor-vue'
import { parse, stringify } from 'lossless-json'
</script>

<template>
  <JsonEditorVue :parser="{ parse, stringify }" />
</template>

Dark Theme

<script setup>
import JsonEditorVue from 'json-editor-vue'
import 'vanilla-jsoneditor/themes/jse-theme-dark.css'
</script>

<template>
  <JsonEditorVue class="jse-theme-dark" />
</template>

Changelog

Detailed changes for each release are documented in the release notes


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