The real reason JSON has no comments

• json5

  94 6,291 0.0 JavaScript

  JSON5 — JSON for Humans

  

I totally agree than in 2006 it made sense for JSON to focus on the minimal agreeable subset of syntax needed to describe what it describes. But it's coming up on 20 years old. If in 2010, JSON had a 1.1 version that was basically json5, we all could be using it now with full interoperability. That is how formats evolve.

• json-schema-spec

  28 3,219 7.9 JavaScript

  The JSON Schema specification

  

• SurveyJS

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  Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  

• hjson

  5 2,625 4.8 HTML

  Hjson, a user interface for JSON

  

JSONs make terrible config files. If you want to use json-like syntax for config, use hjson instead. It's basically json, but changes it slightly so it better matches human expectations.

• node-jsonc-parser

  4 555 4.2 TypeScript

  Scanner and parser for JSON with comments.

  

Well, there is JSONC for those who do want those comments

• edn

  34 2,567 0.0

  Extensible Data Notation

  

To begin with, EDN is somewhat like the JSON of Clojure. And regarding the code is data/data is code nature of Clojure, it is Clojure. It doesn't have some of the vagaries of JSON, and it is also extensible.

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