JSON ↔ YAML Converter

Convert between JSON and YAML in either direction. Paste data or drag & drop a file.

📁 Drag & drop a .json file here, or click to browse

Input JSON

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📁 Drag & drop a .yaml / .yml file here, or click to browse

Input YAML

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Examples

JSON → YAML Input:

{ "name": "Alice", "age": 30, "skills": ["JavaScript", "Python"], "address": { "city": "NYC", "zip": "10001" } }

YAML → JSON Input:

name: Alice age: 30 skills: - JavaScript - Python address: city: NYC zip: "10001"

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About JSON and YAML Conversion

YAML (YAML Ain't Markup Language) is a human-friendly data serialization format that's become the standard for configuration files in DevOps and cloud-native ecosystems. Docker Compose, Kubernetes manifests, GitHub Actions, Ansible playbooks, and CI/CD pipelines all use YAML. While JSON and YAML can represent the same data, YAML's indentation-based syntax is more readable for configuration purposes.

Key Differences

Syntax — YAML uses indentation; JSON uses braces and brackets
Comments — YAML supports comments (#); JSON does not
Readability — YAML is easier to read for humans; JSON is easier to parse for machines
Data types — YAML has more built-in types (dates, timestamps); JSON has 6 types

When to Convert

Convert JSON to YAML when creating Kubernetes configs, Docker Compose files, or any DevOps configuration. Convert YAML to JSON when consuming config data in JavaScript applications, sending data to REST APIs, or storing in databases that natively support JSON.

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