Pry

A fast, native JSON viewer built with the Perry framework.

Perry compiles TypeScript to native binaries — no Electron, no browser, no runtime. The app uses Perry's UI bindings which map directly to platform-native widgets (AppKit on macOS, GTK4 on Linux, Win32 on Windows, UIKit on iOS, Android Views on Android).

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Features

• Tree view with expand/collapse for objects and arrays
• Full-text search across keys and values
• Keyboard shortcuts (Cmd/Ctrl+O open, Cmd/Ctrl+F search, Cmd/Ctrl+E expand all)
• Copy values, keys, or JSONPath to clipboard via context menu
• Status bar with node count, file size, and parse time

Platforms

• macOS — native AppKit (src/main.ts) — App Store
• Linux — native GTK4 (src/main_linux.ts)
• Windows — native Win32 (src/main_windows.ts) — signing coming soon
• iOS — native UIKit (src/main_ios.ts) — App Store
• Android — native Android Views (src/main_android.ts) — Google Play

Building

Pry is compiled by the Perry compiler. You need the perry repo cloned as a sibling directory.

# macOS
cd /path/to/perry && cargo run --release -- compile /path/to/perry-pry/src/main.ts -o /path/to/perry-pry/pry
./pry

# Linux (requires gtk4-devel)
cd /path/to/perry && cargo run --release -- compile /path/to/perry-pry/src/main_linux.ts -o /path/to/perry-pry/pry
./pry

# Windows
cd /path/to/perry && cargo run --release -- compile /path/to/perry-pry/src/main_windows.ts --target windows -o /path/to/perry-pry/pry.exe
./pry.exe

# iOS Simulator
cd /path/to/perry && cargo run --release -- compile /path/to/perry-pry/src/main_ios.ts -o /path/to/perry-pry/pry-ios --target ios-simulator

# Android
cd /path/to/perry && cargo run --release -- compile /path/to/perry-pry/src/main_android.ts --target android -o /path/to/perry-pry/android/app/src/main/jniLibs/arm64-v8a/libpry.so
cd /path/to/perry-pry/android && ./gradlew installDebug

Project Structure

src/                 # TypeScript source (4 entry points + 11 shared modules)
android/             # Android Studio project
xcode/               # Xcode project for iOS/macOS App Store builds
test-data/           # Sample JSON files
screenshots/         # App screenshots by platform

License

MIT License. See LICENSE for details.