diff -r 0499bf03aef3 -r cd2e974410ad src/json.c
--- a/src/json.c	Thu Dec 11 22:43:13 2025 +0100
+++ b/src/json.c	Thu Dec 11 22:59:55 2025 +0100
@@ -1409,3 +1409,35 @@
     }
     return cx_json_write_rec(target, value, wfunc, settings, 0);
 }
+
+static cxmutstr cx_json_to_string(CxJsonValue *value, const CxAllocator *allocator, CxJsonWriter *writer) {
+    if (allocator == NULL) allocator = cxDefaultAllocator;
+    CxBuffer buffer;
+    if (cxBufferInit(&buffer, NULL, 128, allocator,
+        CX_BUFFER_AUTO_EXTEND | CX_BUFFER_DO_NOT_FREE)) {
+        return (cxmutstr){NULL, 0};
+    }
+    if (cx_json_write_rec(&buffer, value, cxBufferWriteFunc, writer, 0)) {
+        // LCOV_EXCL_START
+        buffer.flags &= ~CX_BUFFER_DO_NOT_FREE;
+        cxBufferDestroy(&buffer);
+        return (cxmutstr){NULL, 0};
+        // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
+    } else {
+        cxBufferTerminate(&buffer);
+        cxmutstr str = cx_mutstrn(buffer.space, buffer.size);
+        cxBufferDestroy(&buffer);
+        return str;
+    }
+
+}
+
+cxmutstr cxJsonToString(CxJsonValue *value, const CxAllocator *allocator) {
+    CxJsonWriter writer = cxJsonWriterCompact();
+    return cx_json_to_string(value, allocator, &writer);
+}
+
+cxmutstr cxJsonToPrettyString(CxJsonValue *value, const CxAllocator *allocator) {
+    CxJsonWriter writer = cxJsonWriterPretty(true);
+    return cx_json_to_string(value, allocator, &writer);
+}