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title: "OSCAL Viewer"
slug: "oscal-viewer"
updated: 2026-03-18T14:47:36Z
published: 2026-03-23T14:21:52Z
canonical: "docs.oscal.io/oscal-viewer"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.oscal.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# OSCAL Viewer

## Welcome to the home of OSCAL Viewer!

The team at [OSCAL.io](https://oscal.io/) believes transparency and accessibility are key for growing the OSCAL community, as a result, the **OSCAL Viewer**, a publicly accessible web application has been developed. The viewer allows for users to visually browse and explore OSCAL documents in a human-readable format.

The OSCAL viewer requires no installation, allowing users to open any registry document directly in the viewer with a single click.

The viewer supports all 7 OSCAL models:

- [Catalogs](https://pages.nist.gov/OSCAL/learn/concepts/layer/control/catalog/)
- [Profiles](https://pages.nist.gov/OSCAL/learn/concepts/layer/control/profile/)
- [Component Definitions](https://pages.nist.gov/OSCAL/learn/concepts/layer/implementation/component-definition/)
- [SSPs](https://pages.nist.gov/OSCAL/learn/concepts/layer/implementation/ssp/)
- [Assessment Plans](https://pages.nist.gov/OSCAL/learn/concepts/layer/assessment/assessment-plan/)
- [Assessment Results](https://pages.nist.gov/OSCAL/learn/concepts/layer/assessment/assessment-results/)
- [POA&Ms](https://pages.nist.gov/OSCAL/learn/concepts/layer/assessment/poam/)

## Key Features

- View OSCAL documents in a structured, human-readable format
- Load documents by drag-and drop or URL
- Navigate complex documents on desktop or mobile
- View all seven model types with purpose-built layouts
- Works hand-in-hand with the registry
- Fully open source: [https://github.com/EasyDynamics/oscal-viewer](https://github.com/EasyDynamics/oscal-viewer)

## Start Here

- [The Case for an OSCAL Viewer](/v1/docs/the-case-for-an-oscal-viewer)
- [Getting Started with the OSCAL Content Registry](/v1/docs/getting-started-with-oscal-viewer)