Jsonh (JSON for Humans)

#1

Post by Joy-less » Fri, Feb 20, 2026, 9:02 PM UTC

Jsonh (JSON for Humans)
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Re: Jsonh (JSON for Humans)

#2

Post by stray » Fri, Feb 20, 2026, 9:05 PM UTC

looks like yaml with extra steps

Re: Jsonh (JSON for Humans)

#3

Post by krapp » Fri, Feb 20, 2026, 9:13 PM UTC

- allows comments

- allows multiline strings

- no quotes around keys

this is just Lua tables

- no commas

now it's just s-expressions?

also JSON is already made for humans. I've seen a lot of people claim it isn't but I can't fathom that - it was literally created as a text-based format for humans to manually write in a text editor. If it were "made for machines" it would be bytecode.

I'm not saying this is bad but.. meh? Do we really need another bespoke JSON format that mostly does what Lua tables already do?

Re: Jsonh (JSON for Humans)

#4

Post by shablulman » Fri, Feb 20, 2026, 9:22 PM UTC

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Re: Jsonh (JSON for Humans)

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Post by verdverm » Fri, Feb 20, 2026, 9:52 PM UTC

stray wrote: post #2

looks like yaml with extra steps

Looks almost like JSON5, which is the take on this that actually saw adoption. That's the direct competitor to this, and for me personally it's CUE, which none of these "yaml with extra steps" will ever match