Format JSON Logs Online — NDJSON & JSON Prettify

Pretty-print a JSON log document or compact NDJSON lines in your browser. Auto-format on paste; 2-space indent for single documents only — all processing stays local.

Options

Single JSON documents pretty-print with 2-space indent; multi-record NDJSON stays compact.

Use validate NDJSON to check line-oriented streams.

Format results

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Paste JSON or NDJSON logs, or click Format — normalized output appears in the editor when the run completes.

JSON / NDJSON logs

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Formatted output

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Formatted JSON / NDJSON appears here after paste or Format…

Formatting runs locally via JSON.parse/stringify — nothing is uploaded.

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JSON log formatter — document or NDJSON

Beautify one JSON blob or normalize multi-line NDJSON to compact one-JSON-per-line output. Processing stays in your browser.

Developer notes

• Single JSON documents pretty-print with 2-space indent; multi-record NDJSON stays compact. • Auto-format on paste/upload/sample; manual edits use the Format button (⌘↵). • Multi-record NDJSON shows a warning in the results panel (indent not applied). • Pair with validate-ndjson and filter-json-logs.

When teams pick this route

• Pretty-print a pasted application log object for reading. • Normalize messy NDJSON exports before sharing. • Convert pretty multi-line dumps back to one-line-per-event streams. • Pair with filter-json-logs for triage.

Worked examples

Rich single JSON document

Before

{"ts":"2026-07-12T10:01:22.104Z","level":"info","service":"checkout-api","traceId":"a1b2c3d4e5f6","msg":"request completed","http":{"method":"POST","path":"/v1/orders","status":201,"durationMs":42},"user":{"id":"usr_9182","plan":"pro"},"meta":{"region":"eu-west-1","build":"1.8.15","features":["payments","inventory"]}}

After format

{
  "ts": "2026-07-12T10:01:22.104Z",
  "level": "info",
  "service": "checkout-api",
  "traceId": "a1b2c3d4e5f6",
  "msg": "request completed",
  "http": {
    "method": "POST",
    "path": "/v1/orders",
    "status": 201,
    "durationMs": 42
  },
  "user": {
    "id": "usr_9182",
    "plan": "pro"
  },
  "meta": {
    "region": "eu-west-1",
    "build": "1.8.15",
    "features": [
      "payments",
      "inventory"
    ]
  }
}

Multi-line NDJSON (indent ignored)

Before

{"a":1}
{"b":2}

After format

{"a":1}
{"b":2}

Navigate related log tools

Filter events with filter JSON logs, validate streams via validate NDJSON, or open the logs hub. For single-document JSON see JSON formatter.

JSON log formatter FAQ

Document vs NDJSON

Why does indent not change NDJSON output?

When multiple JSON records are detected, output stays compact one-JSON-per-line (true NDJSON). Indent (fixed 2 spaces) only applies when the whole paste is a single JSON document.

How is this different from JSON formatter?

JSON formatter targets one document. This tool also handles line-oriented NDJSON and documents the multi-record path honestly.

What are the size limits?

1 MiB per paste and at most 20 000 non-empty lines for format/filter. Oversized input returns an error instead of truncating.

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Line-oriented JSON/NDJSON and Nginx/Apache access logs — format, filter, validate, and CSV/TSV.

Filter JSON Logs

Validate NDJSON

Access Log to Table

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