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# Svelte JSON View Lite vs @textea/json-viewer

React-Only Reference · Rich Inspector vs Tiny Svelte Viewer

## Overview

@textea/json-viewer is a React-only inspector, not a native Svelte alternative, with no npm release since December 2024. This page exists for cross-framework feature and search comparison.

- **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:** React component; last npm release December 2024
- **Website:** https://viewer.textea.io
- **GitHub:** https://github.com/TexteaInc/json-viewer
- **npm:** https://www.npmjs.com/package/%40textea%2Fjson-viewer

## Feature comparison

| Feature | @humanspeak/svelte-json-view-lite | @textea/json-viewer | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Svelte 5 Native | Yes | No |  |
| React Support | No | Yes |  |
| Read-only Tree View | Yes | Yes |  |
| Rich Inspector Features | 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

## @textea/json-viewer strengths

- Large React feature set
- Interactive inspector controls
- Good theming options

## Svelte JSON View Lite limitations

- Focused on viewing, not editing
- No virtualization for very large JSON documents
- Smaller ecosystem than older React JSON viewers

## @textea/json-viewer limitations

- React-only
- More package surface than tiny read-only views require

## Verdict

These are not drop-in alternatives within one framework. Choose @textea/json-viewer for an existing React inspector; choose @humanspeak/svelte-json-view-lite for a small, native Svelte 5 read-only tree.

## Keywords

@textea/json-viewer, react json viewer, json tree viewer
