Command-line tool

fx

brew/fx

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:11 UTC · Still published on npm

Terminal JSON viewer

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:11 UTC

Install it

Windows

npm install -g fx
scoop install fx

macOS

brew install fx
npm install -g fx

Linux

brew install fx
npm install -g fx

View a JSON file interactively

fx path/to/file.json

Pretty-print and colorize JSON from `stdin`

cat path/to/file.json | fx

Open JSON data from a URL

curl url | fx

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