TheLens

TheLens is a structured data viewer and inspector for Visual Studio Code.

It helps you inspect JSON, JSONL / NDJSON, log, text, and other structured data directly inside VS Code using table, tree, raw, and structure views.

Features

You can also open the Command Palette and run:

TheLens: Open Data File

The table view is designed for record-oriented data such as JSON arrays and JSONL / NDJSON files.

Nested object fields are flattened into dotted column names where possible.

Example:

{
  "summary": {
    "positive": 10,
    "negative": 3
  }
}

may appear as:

summary.positive
summary.negative

Arrays are shown using a compact preview rather than being expanded into many columns.

Tree view is useful for deeply nested objects and arrays.

It preserves the original hierarchy and allows you to expand or collapse nested values.

Raw view shows the source data in a readable form.

For structured JSON data, TheLens formats the content using indentation.

TheLens is under active development.

The first release focuses on reliable inspection of structured data. Future releases may add features such as:

TheLens processes files locally inside Visual Studio Code.

The current version does not upload opened files to an external service.

If you find a bug or have a feature request, please use the repository issue tracker once the project repository is public.

therif (Arif Kurniawan)

MIT