jq

Install command: 
brew install jq

Lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor

https://jqlang.github.io/jq/

License: MIT

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/jq.json

Formula code: jq.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

macOS on
Apple Silicon		 golden gate ✅
tahoe ✅
sequoia ✅
sonoma ✅
macOS on
Intel		 sonoma ✅
Linux ARM64 ✅
x86_64 ✅

Current versions:

stable ✅ 1.8.2
head ⚡️ HEAD

Depends on:

oniguruma 6.9.10 Regular expressions library

Binaries: jq

GitHub Packages downloads:

Last 30 days283,780
Downloads14,313,652
Analytics install events (30 days)64,488
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Analytics:

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Installs64,434183,768815,371
Installs (--HEAD)545493,707
Installs on Request59,000176,009799,219
Installs on Request (--HEAD)545493,707
Build Errors3