# Extending the editor?

**URL:** <https://forum.defold.com/t/extending-the-editor/579>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [December 3, 2015, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/extending-the-editor/579 "2015-12-03T20:23:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mattias\_Hedberg](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/mattias_hedberg/32/433_2.png) [@Mattias\_Hedberg](https://forum.defold.com/u/Mattias_Hedberg)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 12:19pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/extending-the-editor/579/6 "2018-02-08T12:19:21Z")

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> [@kumokairo](#):
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> Is there any info on the data format specs? It looks like JSON, but not quite - there are quite a few “embedded” strings, especially for components, which require some parsing.

I have written a python module/tool for editing/parsing Defold files that I call [DefTree](https://forum.defold.com/t/deftree-a-python-module-for-editing-defold-files/15210), with its help you can write some standalone tools for checking/creating/editing files.

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