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jq
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Deployment (3/4)
Getting started (3/3)
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| Metric | jjqCommand-Line JSON Processing Tool | ΔDifference |
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| Developer | Stephen Dolan (original author); maintained by the jqlang community | — |
| Subcategory | Command-Line JSON Processing Tool | — |
| Version | 1.8.2 | — |
| Rating | 0.0 / 5 (0 reviews) | — |
| Price | Free | — |
| Overview | ||
| Summary | jq is a lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor, like sed for JSON data. | — |
| Requirements | ||
| Operating system | LinuxmacOSWindows | — |
| Devices | DesktopServer | — |
| Memory | — | — |
| Storage | — | — |
| Processor | AMD64, ARM64 (Windows ARM64 and Docker arm/v7 also supported) | — |
| Programming languages | C# | — |
| Pricing | ||
| License | MIT (code); CC-BY-3.0 (documentation) | — |
| License details | MIT License for source code; Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 for documentation; bundles the decNumber library under the ICU License. | — |
| Availability | Public / Open Source | — |
| Pricing plans | — | — |
| Features | ||
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| Audience | ||
| Industries | — | — |
| Target audience | Developers, DevOps engineers, system administrators, data engineers | — |
| Integration complexity | Low | — |
| Deployment | ||
| Deployment | — | — |
| API integration | ✗ | — |
| Open source | ✗ | — |
| Self-hosting | ✗ | — |
| Getting started | ||
| Install | jqlang.org/download | — |
| Demo | play.jqlang.org | — |
| Documentation | jqlang.org/manual | — |
| Pros | — | — |
| Cons | — | — |
| Resources | ||
| Website | jqlang.org | — |
| Source code | github.com/jqlang/jq | — |
| GitHub | github.com/jqlang/jq | — |