jid mit Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, scoop installieren

Projektlinks

• Homepage
• Upstream-Dokumentation
• Paketmanager-Seite

Befehle und Aliase

• jid

Projektgeschichte

The simeji/jid repository was created in June 2016 and published a 0.1.0 beta release the same month. Its README frames the tool as a simple way to navigate JSON interactively with filtering queries like jq, but optimized for discovery rather than one-shot transformation.

The release series quickly added the features expected in a terminal explorer: initial query support, help and version flags, scrolling, query history, key bindings, and package-manager installation instructions. Later README updates document JMESPath expressions and a TOML configuration file.

Adoptionsgeschichte

jid found an audience among developers who spend time inspecting API responses, logs, and configuration payloads. Its README documents installation through Homebrew, MacPorts, FreeBSD pkg, Scoop, direct binary downloads, and `go install`, which made it easy to try across Unix and Windows terminals.

It complements jq rather than replacing it: jq is the scripting and transformation powerhouse, while jid helps users discover paths and shape queries interactively before committing them to a script.

Wie es verwendet wird

Typical usage pipes JSON into `jid`, types a dot-path or JMESPath expression, uses tab completion to inspect candidate fields, and exits with the selected result. It can also start with an initial query or load JSON from a file.

The tool is useful when exploring unfamiliar JSON because it shows matches as the query is typed and saves query history for repeated inspection sessions.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

jid is package-nerd candy because it is a small Go CLI aimed squarely at terminal ergonomics. It turns JSON discovery into an interactive package, filling the gap between raw pager output and jq scripts.

Its distribution pattern is also very Go-era: GitHub releases, Homebrew, Scoop, MacPorts, and `go install` all coexist as installation paths for the same executable.

Zeitleiste

• 2016: The repository was created and jid 0.1.0 beta was released.
• 2016: The 0.6.x and 0.7.x releases added initial query, help, version, and scrolling features.
• 2019: The v0.7.4 release continued the 0.7 series.
• 2024: README updates documented richer interactive behavior, JMESPath support, and configuration.

Related projects

• jq is the command-line JSON processor jid references as a query-style comparison point.
• JMESPath is the query language support documented by jid for expressions, pipes, wildcards, and functions.
• Go's module tooling is an installation path through `go install github.com/simeji/jid/cmd/jid`.

Quellen

• https://api.github.com/repos/simeji/jid
• https://api.github.com/repos/simeji/jid/releases
• https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/jid
• https://github.com/simeji/jid
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/simeji/jid/master/README.md