jq

jq

command-line JSON processor

curl -fsSL https://unflab.app/get | sh -s -- jq

Installs to ~/.local/bin. Add --prefix /usr/local/bin to
put it somewhere else, or --uninstall to remove it.

Why it’s here

No dependency problem to solve — it’s here so it installs the same way as everything else.

Details

Built from that exact tarball, with its SHA-256 pinned in the
recipe. The binary links against nothing outside /usr/lib
and /System/, checked in CI before release.

jq is a command-line JSON processor — filter, reshape and query JSON
with a concise expression language.

curl -s api.example.com/users | jq '.[] | {name, email}'
jq -r '.items[].id' data.json
jq '.a.b // "default"' config.json

man jq and https://jqlang.github.io/jq/manual/ have the full language.

Install

./install.sh                      # into ~/.local/bin
./install.sh --prefix /usr/local/bin
./install.sh --uninstall

About this build

A single static binary linking nothing but libSystem. Regex support is
included: jq’s vendored copy of oniguruma is compiled in, rather than
depending on Homebrew’s.

Upstream publishes prebuilt macOS binaries too — this package exists so
jq installs the same way as everything else here, not because it was
hard to get.

Upstream

• Home: https://jqlang.github.io/jq/
• Version: 1.8.1
• Licence: MIT (see LICENSE)

jq is Stephen Dolan’s work, now maintained by the jq team. unflab only
compiles and packages it.