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Date	Users	Rating	Reviews	Version
Apr 1, 2026	319	—	—	1.2.0
May 3, 2026	327	—	—	1.2.0
Jun 2, 2026	330	—	—	1.2.0
Jun 8, 2026	332	—	—	1.5.0
Now	336	—	—	1.5.0

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Jun 2, 2026

description

A handy log and code pretty print and highlight tool.

Highlights:

- Pretty and highlight print all text formats, including JSON, ANSI, HTML, JS, CSS, YAML, etc.
- Auto wrap new lines in JSON string.
- Supports text selection, element selection, clipboard.
- Quick access with shortcuts.
- Auto format page.

RawLens helps developers inspect messy JSON and raw developer output without leaving Chrome.

The core workflow is JSON from anywhere: selected text, hovered page elements, clipboard content, page source, page HTML, and raw pages opened directly in the browser. RawLens is especially useful for nested JSON string fields like {"foo":"{\"bar\":1}"}, where normal formatters clean up the outer object but leave the useful inner payload escaped.

Highlights:

- Pretty-print messy JSON, including nested JSON strings, stack traces, escaped newlines, and copied error payloads.
- Inspect JSON from selected text, hovered DOM nodes, clipboard content, raw pages, page source, or page HTML.
- Render ANSI terminal colors from CI logs, build logs, and copied command output.
- Auto-format source-like files opened directly in Chrome, including YAML, JavaScript, CSS, Markdown, SQL, patch, diff, HTML, XML, and more.
- Reopen recent views from a local History panel.
- Use quick shortcuts: vv, pp, cc, hh, xx, ff, and Esc.
- Works locally in your browser. No server, no tracking, no log collection.

Common use cases:

- Reading API JSON responses with nested error bodies.
- Pretty-printing copied production error logs.
- Formatting selected JSON on an internal dashboard, issue page, or incident note.
- Inspecting JSON from the clipboard without pasting it into an online formatter.
- Viewing raw GitHub/GitLab CI logs with ANSI colors.
- Opening YAML, JSON, JavaScript, CSS, Markdown, SQL, patch, and diff files.

RawLens is open source and MIT licensed:
https://github.com/RawLens/rawlens

Jun 2, 2026

short_description

A handy log and code pretty printing and highlighting tool, supporting all formats such as text, JSON, ANSI, XML, etc.

Pretty-print messy JSON from selections, page elements, clipboard content, and raw pages in Chrome.

Jun 2, 2026
name
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Log Viewer
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RawLens
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Permissions & access

Permissions: contextMenuswebRequest
Host access: http://*/*, https://*/*, <all_urls>

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About

RawLens helps developers inspect messy JSON and raw developer output without leaving Chrome.

The core workflow is JSON from anywhere: selected text, hovered page elements, clipboard content, page source, page HTML, and raw pages opened directly in the browser. RawLens is especially useful for nested JSON string fields like {"foo":"{\"bar\":1}"}, where normal formatters clean up the outer object but leave the useful inner payload escaped.

Highlights:

- Pretty-print messy JSON, including nested JSON strings, stack traces, escaped newlines, and copied error payloads.
- Inspect JSON from selected text, hovered DOM nodes, clipboard content, raw pages, page source, or page HTML.
- Render ANSI terminal colors from CI logs, build logs, and copied command output.
- Auto-format source-like files opened directly in Chrome, including YAML, JavaScript, CSS, Markdown, SQL, patch, diff, HTML, XML, and more.
- Reopen recent views from a local History panel.
- Use quick shortcuts: vv, pp, cc, hh, xx, ff, and Esc.
- Works locally in your browser. No server, no tracking, no log collection.

Common use cases:

- Reading API JSON responses with nested error bodies.
- Pretty-printing copied production error logs.
- Formatting selected JSON on an internal dashboard, issue page, or incident note.
- Inspecting JSON from the clipboard without pasting it into an online formatter.
- Viewing raw GitHub/GitLab CI logs with ANSI colors.
- Opening YAML, JSON, JavaScript, CSS, Markdown, SQL, patch, and diff files.

RawLens is open source and MIT licensed:
https://github.com/RawLens/rawlens