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jq is a lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor akin tosed,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.

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

Download the latest releases from theGitHub release page.

Pull thejq image to start quickly with Docker.

• libtool
• make
• automake
• autoconf

git submodule update --init # if building from git to get onigurumaautoreconf -i               # if building from git./configure --with-oniguruma=builtinmake -j8make checksudo 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 theautoreconf step, and flex or bison won't be needed.

For details on cross-compliation, check out theGitHub Actions file and thecross-compliation wiki page.

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

jq is released under theMIT License.