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JSON5 Validator
Validate JSON5 syntax with precise error messages. Supports comments, trailing commas, single quotes.
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No round trips, no rate limits, no login. Format, validate and inspect megabytes of JSON in milliseconds.
Standards-first
Follows RFC 8259 / ECMA-404 exactly. Reports errors with precise line and column diagnostics.
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