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A curated list of awesome things built with the JSON processor and turing-complete functional language jq.

Awesome jq

Implementations

Standalone implementations of the jq language.

jq (github) – 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

jq-based JSON visualizers and explorers.

Command-line

faq – CLI program that processes BSON, Bencode, JSON, TOML, XML, YAML using libjq.
jiq – A visual command-line interactive JSON explorer with jq filters.
echo '' | fzf --print-query --preview "cat *.json | jq {q}" – An fzf hack that turns it into an interactive jq explorer.
jqq – A visual command-line interactive jq explorer written in Ruby.
yq (and xq) – jq wrapper for YAML and XML documents.
yiq – Like jiq, but using yq 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 jq-zsh-plugin, 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.

Web

query-json playground – Web playground that uses query-json compiled to JavaScript.
jiq-web (github) – jiq, but in a web page, uses jq-web.
jq play (github) – A playground for jq with sharing capabilities.
jq kung fu – A jq playground in WebAssembly powered by the original jq compiled with emscripten.
jq-finder (github) – A multipanel, Finder-like, JSON explorer with jq filters instead of paths, uses jq-web.
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 (github) – Online playground - "jq as a service"

Desktop

jqi (github) – The almighty jq processor wrapped in a graphical UI, for Mac OSX.
jqview – A jq JSON explorer with a minimalist native GUI.

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 '.' is a Vim command that formats JSON in-place with jq (beware of any other tricks you might be thinking of).
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 jq-lsp. Has syntax highlight, snippets and everything jq-lsp provides.
bat syntax highlighting – Syntax file to use bat to syntax highlight jq files

Documentation

Readings about jq.

Core documentation

Manual – jq manual (development version).
FAQ – jq FAQ.
Cookbook – jq cookbook.
Advanced Topics – jq advanced topics.

Good small specific tutorials

Code examples

jq at Rosetta Code – Dozens of algorithms written in jq .
Builtins – jq builtins coded in jq itself, not C.
Collection of jq recipes
Collection of interactive jq examples – Dozens of interactive jq examples (and explanations) in the browser.
Collection of jq oneliners

Documentation browsers

jq dash docset

Use Cases

Apps using jq in the wild.

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 SoundCloud 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 (github) – A web template engine that uses jq as expression language.
datasette-jq – A plugin that enables jq queries on JSON columns on datasette 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

Incrementing jq capabilities.

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, array, string and other libraries – 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

Using jq from other languages.

gojq – A full jq implementation in Go, usable as a library.
jq-web – jq itself compiled to JavaScript with emscripten. There's also an alternative at jqdash.
jq-go – Golang cgo bindings for libjq (jqpipe-go is a CLI wrapper from the same people).
libjq-go – Golang cgo bindings for libjq. 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 (jackson-jq is a Jackson extension).
jqr – R interface to jq.
Ansible jq – A jq filter for Ansible configuration manager.

Podcasts and presentations

ThePrimeTime - The BEST CLI Tool
Programming By Stealth (instalments PBS 155 to PBS 167)

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