jq

jq is a lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor akin to sed,awk,grep, and friends for JSON data. It's written in portable C and has zero runtime dependencies, allowing you to easily slice, filter, map, and transform structured data.

Documentation

Official Documentation: jqlang.github.io/jq
Try jq Online: jqplay.org

Installation

Prebuilt Binaries

Download the latest releases from the GitHub release page.

Docker Image

Pull the jq image to start quickly with Docker.

Building from source

Dependencies

libtool
make
automake
autoconf

Instructions

git submodule update --init # if building from git to get oniguruma
autoreconf -i               # if building from git
./configure --with-oniguruma=builtin
make -j8
make check
sudo make install

Build a statically linked version:

make LDFLAGS=-all-static

If you're not using the latest git version but instead building a released tarball (available on the release page), skip the autoreconf step, and flex or bison won't be needed.

Cross-Compilation

For details on cross-compilation, check out the GitHub Actions file and the cross-compilation wiki page.

Community & Support

Questions & Help: Stack Overflow (jq tag)
Chat & Community: Join us on Discord
Wiki & Advanced Topics: Explore the Wiki

License

jq is released under the MIT License. jq's documentation is licensed under the Creative Commons CC BY 3.0. jq uses parts of the open source C library "decNumber", which is distributed under ICU License

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