not &quot;like ranger&quot; yet emacs has an extensive library to edit, highlight, and tidy various data formats (XML, HTML, yaml), and json is no exception: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;thorstadt&#x2F;json-pretty-print.el" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;thorstadt&#x2F;json-pretty-print.el</a>