awesome-jq
by fiatjaf
A curated list of awesome jq tools and resources.
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jq tools collection
A curated list of tools and resources for working with the JSON processor language jq.
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Implementations
- jq
( ) – The original jq command-line JSON processor
gojq
– A jq implementation in Go
- jaq
– A jq implementation in Rust that misses some small features but is often more correct than the original
query-json (q)
– query-json is a faster, simpler and more portable implementation of the jq language in Reason
xq
– Pure rust implementation of jq
jq.js
– Pure Javascript implementation of jq
jqjq
– jq implementation of jq
Tools / Command-line
faq
– CLI program that processes BSON, Bencode, JSON, TOML, XML, YAML using
jiq
– A visual command-line interactive JSON explorer with jq filters
fzf
– An hack that turns it into an interactive jq explorer
jqq
– A visual command-line interactive jq explorer written in Ruby
yq
(and ) – jq wrapper for YAML and XML documents
yiq
– Like , but using instead, so it supports YAML documents
ijq
– jq REPL with automatic variable assignment and global statements support
jqsh
– An interactive wrapper written in Go
jq-zsh-plugin
– zsh line editor for constructing jq queries interactively
fq
– jq for binary formats
jq-fish-plugin
– Inspired by , interactively build jq expressions in fish shell
jqp
– a TUI playground for exploring jq
jnv
– interactive JSON filter using jq with navigation and autocompletion
jqunit
– A test framework for JQ, written in Rust, on top of libjq
play
– A TUI playground to experiment with your favorite programs, such as grep, sed, awk, jq and yq
Tools / Web
- query-json playground
– Web playground that uses compiled to JavaScript
- jiq-web
( ) – , but in a web page, uses
- jq play
( ) – A playground for jq with sharing capabilities
- jq kung fu
– A jq playground in WebAssembly powered by the original jq compiled with
- jq-finder
( ) – A multipanel, Finder-like, JSON explorer with jq filters instead of paths, uses
jqaas
– jq as a service, an open HTTP endpoint that executes jq queries
jqp
– A free serverless proxy for filtering JSON and CSV data using jq
- jqterm
( ) – Online playground - "jq as a service"
Tools / Desktop
Tools / Extensions
bro/q
– A Chrome Extension for JSON formatting and jq filtering
virtual-json-viewer
– A JSON Chrome/Firefox Extension with virtual DOM, full-text search and jq filtering
atom-jq
– Interactive jq playground inside the Atom editor
jq-mode
– A jq mode for Emacs
vscode-jq
– A jq extension for VS Code
vscode-jq-playground
– A jq playground notebook extension for VS Code
vim-jqplay
– Interactive jq playground inside Vim
jq-playground.nvim
– Interactive jq playground inside Nvim, written in Lua
jq-lsp
– jq language server. Works with VSCode, neovim and Emacs. Has syntax and scope checking, goto defintion, completion and hover documentation
vscode-jq
– VSCode jq extension that uses . Has syntax highlight, snippets and everything jq-lsp provides
bat syntax highlighting
– Syntax file to use bat to syntax highlight jq files
Documentation / Core documentation
- Manual
– jq manual (development version)
FAQ
– jq FAQ
Cookbook
– jq cookbook
Advanced Topics
– jq advanced topics
Documentation / Good small specific tutorials
Documentation / Code examples
- jq at Rosetta Code
– Dozens of algorithms written in jq
Builtins
– jq builtins coded in itself, not C
- Collection of interactive jq examples
– Dozens of interactive jq examples (and explanations) in the browser
Documentation / Documentation browsers
Use Cases
liteJQ
– jq SQLite extension
pgJQ
– jq Postgres extension
jqmd
– A "literate devops" tool that allows embedding jq code, shell scripts, YAML, and JSON in a markdown document and making it executable. (A bit like R markdown or IPython notebooks, except with shell/jq/YAML/JSON, and as a CLI scripting tool rather than a GUI.)
sc
– A lightweight client, with a composable api, powered by jq
jc
– CLI tool that converts the output of popular command-line programs and filetypes to JSON so they can be piped to jq
- jqt
( ) – A web template engine that uses jq as expression language
datasette-jq
– A plugin that enables jq queries on JSON columns on deployments
jtool
– jq-based JSON tools for a modern shell
- just-dashboard
– A serverless app for implementing JSON-powered dashboards with JSON or YAML files (and jq filters as strings) serving as the only source of configuration
bf.jq
– A Brainfuck interpreter written in jq
jq-voronoi
– Implementation of Fortune’s algorithm to calculate Voronoi diagram on jq
Libraries and tools for jq itself
jqnpm
– A jq package manager that installs modules from GitHub and runs jq scripts
JBOL
– A collection of utility modules for jq (math, prelude, set, string etc.)
bigint
, , and – jq libraries from the author of jqnpm
jq-jsonpointer
– jq module implementing JSON Pointer (RFC 6901)
tree-sitter-jq
– Tree sitter grammar implementation for Jq language
External libraries
gojq
– A full jq implementation in Go, usable as a library
jq-web
– jq itself compiled to JavaScript with . There's also an alternative at
jq-go
– Golang cgo bindings for ( is a CLI wrapper from the same people)
libjq-go
– Golang cgo bindings for . This one works with recent versions of jq: 1.5, 1.6+
node-jq
– A jq wrapper for Node.js
ruby-jq
– A jq wrapper for Ruby
pyjq
– A jq wrapper for Python
jq.py
– Another jq wrapper for Python
php-ext-jq
– PHP extension for jq
java-jq
– A jq wrapper for Java ( is a Jackson extension)
jqr
– R interface to jq
Ansible jq
– A jq filter for configuration manager
Podcasts and presentations
- Programming By Stealth
( PBS 155 to PBS 167)
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