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brew install jq v1.8.2 MIT

Command-line JSON processor with a powerful query language for parsing, filtering, and transforming JSON data.

Why you might care

jq is the standard tool for manipulating JSON in shell scripts and pipelines—faster and more elegant than parsing with grep/sed/awk. Use it to extract fields, filter arrays, perform aggregations, and format output without reaching for Python or Node.js. Single binary, zero runtime overhead, POSIX shell-friendly.

Categories

json-tool text-processor

Alternatives

Python Node.js yq gojq
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Runtime dependencies

oniguruma

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