json-to-yaml

Bidirectional JSON/YAML converter that works from the command line. Pipe-friendly, auto-detects format, and lets you sort keys and control indentation. One dependency (js-yaml).

Install

npm install -g @lxgicstudios/json-to-yaml

Or run directly:

npx @lxgicstudios/json-to-yaml config.json

Features

• Auto-detect input format (JSON or YAML) and convert to the other
• Force direction with --to-yaml or --to-json
• Pipe-friendly (reads from stdin)
• Sort keys alphabetically with --sort-keys
• Custom indentation with --indent
• Write to file with --output
• Compact YAML output with --compact
• Works with deeply nested structures

Usage

Auto-detect and convert

json-to-yaml config.json       # outputs YAML
json-to-yaml config.yaml       # outputs JSON

Pipe from stdin

cat data.json | json-to-yaml
echo '{"name": "test"}' | json-to-yaml
curl -s https://api.example.com/data | json-to-yaml

Sort keys

json-to-yaml --sort-keys package.json

Custom indent

json-to-yaml --indent 4 config.json

Save to file

json-to-yaml config.json -o config.yaml
json-to-yaml docker-compose.yml -o docker-compose.json

Options

| Option | Alias | Default | Description | |--------|-------|---------|-------------| | --help | -h | | Show help message | | --to-yaml | -y | | Force JSON to YAML conversion | | --to-json | -j | | Force YAML to JSON conversion | | --sort-keys | -s | | Sort object keys alphabetically | | --indent | -i | 2 | Indentation level | | --output | -o | | Write output to file | | --compact | | | Use compact/flow YAML style | | --no-color | | | Disable colored output |

License

MIT - LXGIC Studios