Is JSON Formatter safe?

Clean risk

JSON Formatter sends the current JSON page URL to jsonlint.com when its JSONLint button is clicked.

When a page contains JSON, JSON Formatter adds a JSONLint button to the formatted view. Clicking that button opens jsonlint.com with the current page URL in the query string, which can include path, query, or fragment details from the page address.

Todd Garlandv0.032Chrome Web Store
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Who publishes it

Todd Garland - no other listings under this identity

What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.

Publisher
Todd Garland

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What it can do

Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 0.032. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.

  • Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension

    activeTab

Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed JSON Formatter contacting. Sending data somewhere is not a finding on its own - an extension that syncs your settings has to talk to its own server - but it is where your data can go, and who else it goes to.

  • jsonlint.com

    JSON Formatter sends data to jsonlint.com. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.

Updated 30 September 2026ondecobpcidaehknoegeapmclapnkgcl