Command-line tool

yj

brew/yj

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CLI to convert between YAML, TOML, JSON and HCL

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

cargo install yj

macOS

brew install yj
cargo install yj

Linux

brew install yj
cargo install yj

Convert [y]AML to JSON (default) from `stdin` and write the result to `stdout`

yj < file.yml -y

Convert [t]OML to [y]AML

yj < file.toml -ty

Convert [j]SON to [t]OML with [i]ndentation

yj < file.json -jti

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