Command-line tool

jq

brew/jq

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Lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor jq

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id jqlang.jq -e
scoop install jq
cargo install jq

macOS

brew install jq
cargo install jq

Linux

brew install jq
cargo install jq

Execute a specific expression only using the `jq` binary (print a colored and formatted JSON output)

jq '.' path/to/file.json

Execute a specific script

cat path/to/file.json | jq -f path/to/script.jq

Pass specific arguments

cat path/to/file.json | jq --arg "name1" "value1" --arg "name2" "value2" ... '. + $ARGS.named'

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