Turn JSON5 data files into YAML. It is converted in your browser, so the file never leaves your device.
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Drop JSON5 files onto the box above, or click it to choose them. ToAny reads the file's contents to detect the type, so a wrong extension does not matter.
Press Convert. There is nothing else to set. The work happens in this tab.
Save the YAML, or download everything as one ZIP if you converted several files.
The JSON5 to YAML converter is part of this page and runs inside your browser. Your data files are never sent to ToAny or to anyone else.
Nothing has to travel to a server and back, so the conversion starts the moment you press Convert, even on a slow connection.
No sign-up, no email address and no watermark. Add several files and download them together as a ZIP.
JSON5 is rejected by programs that expect plain JSON. YAML is easier for people to read and edit than JSON and allows comments. JSON5 is at home in hand-edited configuration files; YAML is the usual choice for configuration files written by people.
Comments, trailing commas, unquoted keys and single-quoted strings are accepted. Only the data is kept, so comments in the file are not carried over.
JSON5 is a superset of JSON meant to be written by people. It allows comments, trailing commas, unquoted keys, single-quoted strings and a few more conveniences, so config files are easier to maintain. Standard JSON parsers reject it.
Opens in Text editors and any program with a JSON5 library
JSON5 converterYAML expresses the same structures as JSON using indentation instead of brackets, and allows comments. It is the usual choice for configuration in tools like Docker Compose, Kubernetes and GitHub Actions.
Opens in Any text editor
YAML converter| JSON5JSON5 data | YAMLYAML data | |
|---|---|---|
| Stands for | JSON5 | YAML Ain't Markup Language |
| Type | Plain-text data | Structured data (text) |
| Compression | None | None |
| Introduced | 2012, by Aseem Kishore and contributors | 2001, by Clark Evans, Ingy döt Net and Oren Ben-Kiki |
| Opens in | Text editors and any program with a JSON5 library | Any text editor |
| Best for | Hand-edited configuration files | Configuration files written by people |
| File extension | .json5 | .yaml, .yml |
No. The JSON5 to YAML conversion runs inside your browser, on your own phone or computer. The file is not sent to ToAny or to anyone else.
The values are kept. Anything YAML has no way to express, such as formatting, formulas or nesting, is simplified or left out.
Yes. Add as many as you like, convert them together and download each result or all of them as one ZIP.
The steps are the same everywhere because ToAny runs in the web browser: open this page in a current version of Chrome, Edge, Safari or Firefox, add the JSON5 file, press Convert and save the YAML. There is nothing to install.
Yes. Data files up to 300 MB are accepted; a larger file is refused with a message. Beyond that the limit is your device's memory, since nothing is uploaded; a computer copes with large files better than a phone.