# YAML Viewer

Validate and explore a YAML document.

## URL

https://ilham.dev/tools/yaml-viewer/

## What It Does

A collapsible tree view of a YAML document, showing the structure and the value counts on each branch. Anchors and aliases are resolved, so you see the effective document rather than the shorthand.

## Features

- Runs in the browser
- No login required

## Input

text input.

## Output

text output.

## Privacy

Processing happens locally in the browser.

No input data is uploaded to ilham.dev.

- Requires login: false
- Requires API key: false
- Stores user data: false


## Examples

- Are YAML anchors expanded?




## Questions

### Are YAML anchors expanded?

Yes, which means the tree shows what the document means rather than how it was written. That is usually what you want, but it does hide where the reuse came from.