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jq

About

A lightweight command-line JSON processor. Filter, transform, map and pretty-print JSON with a concise and powerful query language.

Pricing

Free

jq is a JSON processor for the shell. It lets you slice, filter, map and transform JSON data with a compact functional language — essential for working with modern APIs.

Key Features

  • Query language for selecting and transforming data.
  • Pretty-printing and sorting.
  • Array and object construction.
  • String, math and date functions.
  • Built-in regex support.
  • Composable with pipes in scripts.

Pricing

jq is free and open source under the MIT license.

Getting Started

brew install jq
curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/jqlang/jq | jq '.stargazers_count, .license.spdx_id'
echo '{"a":1,"b":2}' | jq '.a + .b'

Run jq --help for a crash course.