bestwebextension

Changelog

Release history for all BestWebExtension products.

v0.1.0 — Best JSON Viewer — 2025-05-02

Initial release. Five view modes, JSONata query engine, element picker, Shadow DOM isolation, and zero telemetry.

Views

  • Tree view with color-coded types and child count badges
  • Raw view with Shiki syntax highlighting (adaptive rendering for large files)
  • Table view for arrays of objects, primitives, and plain objects
  • Visualize view — interactive node graph via jsoncrack-react
  • Edit view — live validation, tab-to-spaces, pretty-print, revert-to-original

Query & Data

  • Full JSONata expression support with 8 context-aware presets
  • Paginated results (50 per page, smart array extraction)
  • Result propagation across all view modes

Detection & Activation

  • Manual mode (context menu) and auto-detect mode (optional <all_urls>)
  • Element picker for embedded JSON with Shadow DOM piercing
  • Secondary iframe viewer for element-picked JSON

UX

  • Dark, Light, and System themes with OKLCH color system
  • Copy to clipboard and export as .json (smart filenames)
  • Status badge with color-coded state
  • Shadow DOM isolation with bwe: CSS prefix
  • Cross-browser: Chrome MV3 + Firefox via WXT

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