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Open Source Alternatives to jq

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What is jq?

jq is a lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor for parsing, filtering, and transforming JSON data.. There are currently 3 open-source alternatives to jq, with a combined total of 9.0k GitHub stars. The most common language among these projects is Rust.

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gojq
gojqitchyny/gojq

A pure Go implementation of jq for parsing, filtering, and transforming JSON and YAML data.

3.7k135Go
23 days ago
jaq
jaq01mf02/jaq

A jq clone written in Rust focused on correctness, speed, and simplicity, with support for YAML, CBOR, TOML, and XML.

3.6k109Rust
8 days ago
jql
jqlyamafaktory/jql

A fast, lightweight JSON Query Language CLI tool built with Rust for querying and transforming JSON data.

1.7k32Rust
1 month ago
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