# Svelte JSON View Lite vs react-json-view React-Only Reference · Legacy Inspector vs Svelte 5 Viewer ## Overview react-json-view is a React-only JSON inspector, not a native Svelte alternative, and its last npm release was March 2021. This page exists for cross-framework evaluation and migration research. - **Svelte JSON View Lite site:** https://jsonview.svelte.page - **Svelte JSON View Lite npm:** https://www.npmjs.com/package/%40humanspeak%2Fsvelte-json-view-lite - **Svelte JSON View Lite slug:** svelte-json-view-lite - **Category:** React-only reference — not a Svelte option - **Approach:** Legacy React component; last npm release March 2021 - **Website:** https://github.com/mac-s-g/react-json-view - **GitHub:** https://github.com/mac-s-g/react-json-view - **npm:** https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-json-view ## Feature comparison | Feature | @humanspeak/svelte-json-view-lite | react-json-view | Notes | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Svelte 5 Native | Yes | No | | | React Support | No | Yes | | | Read-only Tree View | Yes | Yes | | | Editing Callbacks | No | Yes | | | Snippet Overrides | Yes | No | | | Zero Runtime Dependencies | Yes | No | | ## Svelte JSON View Lite strengths - Svelte 5 runes-native implementation - Familiar API shape for cross-framework migrations - Typed Svelte snippet overrides for primitive values and labels - SSR-safe ids through $props.id() - WAI-ARIA tree semantics with keyboard navigation - Light and dark CSS-module themes with CSS-variable overrides - Zero runtime dependencies ## react-json-view strengths - Mature React ecosystem package - Inspector and edit callback features ## Svelte JSON View Lite limitations - Focused on viewing, not editing - No virtualization for very large JSON documents - Smaller ecosystem than older React JSON viewers ## react-json-view limitations - React-only - No npm release since March 2021 - Larger surface than display-only viewers need ## Verdict These are not drop-in alternatives within one framework. Choose react-json-view only for an existing React inspector workflow; choose @humanspeak/svelte-json-view-lite for a native Svelte 5 read-only tree. ## Keywords react-json-view, json inspector, svelte json viewer