YAML
YAML data
YAML holds the same kind of data as JSON, written with indentation instead of brackets. Config files for Docker, Kubernetes, CI pipelines and many apps are YAML.
Extensions: .yaml .yml
YAML to JSON converter
Convert YAML files to JSON on Windows 10 and 11: free, offline and in batches. Drag the files onto JSON in Filee's format donut and the JSON files appear next to the originals.
How to convert YAML to JSON on Windows
- 1
Select your YAML files
In File Explorer or on the desktop, select one YAML file or as many as you like.
- 2
Hold Ctrl and drag
Hold Ctrl (or the key you set in Filee) and drag the files. A donut of formats opens at the cursor. Prefer menus? Right-click and choose Convert with Filee.
- 3
Drop on JSON
Release the files over JSON. A progress ring counts up, and each JSON file is saved next to its original.
What Filee does for YAML → JSON
Turn a config file into JSON for an API, a script or a tool that only reads JSON. Anchors and aliases are resolved, and a file with several documents becomes one array. Comments are dropped, since JSON has none.
- Built in: works right after installing Filee, with nothing else to download.
- Batch: one file or hundreds, converted in parallel; a failure never stops the rest.
- Private: files are converted on your PC and never uploaded, even without internet.
- Saved next to the original, or in a folder and with a file name pattern you choose.
YAML can also become
- JSON Lines
- TOML
- XML
- CSV
- XLSX
About YAML and JSON
JSON
JSON data
JSON is the data format of the web: objects, lists, text and numbers in plain text. APIs, apps and settings files use it everywhere.
Extensions: .json
Convert YAML to JSON for free
Filee is a free, open-source file converter for Windows 10 and 11. It works offline and converts 240+ formats with one drag and drop.
macOS and Linux are previews.
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