json5

json5 Plugin

Convert JSON5 to standard JSON with comments and trailing comma support.

Commands

Convert

• json5 convert to-json — Convert JSON5 to JSON (stdout output)
• json5 convert to-file — Convert JSON5 to JSON (file output)

Usage Examples

• "Convert a JSON5 file to JSON"
• "Parse JSON5 with comments"
• "Convert JSON5 config to standard JSON"

Installation

brew tap yosuke-furukawa/json5
brew install json5

Examples

# Convert to stdout
json5 -c config.json5

# Convert to file
json5 -c config.json5 -o config.json

# Pipe to jq
json5 -c data.json5 | jq '.items[]'

# Use in scripts
json5 -c package.json5 > package.json

Key Features

• JSON5 to JSON conversion
• Supports JSON5 features:
  • Single and multi-line comments
  • Trailing commas
  • Unquoted object keys
  • Single-quoted strings
  • Multi-line strings
  • Hexadecimal numbers
  • Leading decimal points
• Simple CLI with minimal flags
• Stdin/stdout compatible