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# Svelte JSON View Lite vs @uiw/react-json-view

React-Only Reference · UIW Viewer vs Svelte 5 Port

## Overview

@uiw/react-json-view is a React-only viewer, not a native Svelte alternative. Its current release is a 2.0 alpha; 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 18+ component; current release is a 2.0 alpha
- **Website:** https://github.com/uiwjs/react-json-view
- **GitHub:** https://github.com/uiwjs/react-json-view
- **npm:** https://www.npmjs.com/package/%40uiw%2Freact-json-view

## Feature comparison

| Feature | @humanspeak/svelte-json-view-lite | @uiw/react-json-view | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Svelte 5 Native | Yes | No |  |
| React Support | No | Yes |  |
| Theme Customization | Yes | Yes |  |
| Snippet Overrides | Yes | No |  |
| ARIA Tree Keyboarding | Yes | Different model |  |
| Zero Runtime Dependencies | Yes | Yes |  |

## 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

## @uiw/react-json-view strengths

- Attractive React defaults
- Broad UIW ecosystem
- Good React fit

## Svelte JSON View Lite limitations

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

## @uiw/react-json-view limitations

- React-only
- Not API-compatible with react-json-view-lite migrations

## Verdict

These are not drop-in alternatives within one framework. Choose @uiw/react-json-view for React apps; choose @humanspeak/svelte-json-view-lite for native Svelte 5 integration and snippet overrides.

## Keywords

@uiw/react-json-view, react json viewer, svelte json viewer
