# Install yj

CLI to convert between YAML, TOML, JSON and HCL. Version 5.1.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:yj
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install yj
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install yj
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: textproc/yj/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add yj
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: yj from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#yj
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/yj/yj/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:yj
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/yj>
- **Version:** 5.1.0
- **Source summary:** CLI to convert between YAML, TOML, JSON and HCL
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/sclevine/yj>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/sclevine/yj>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/sclevine/yj#readme>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/sclevine/yj/archive/refs/tags/v5.1.0.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- yj (cli)
- yj (alias)

## Build Dependencies

- go

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 5.1.0
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/sclevine/yj
- Upstream latest detected: v5.1.0 (current)
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.

## セキュリティノート

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** yj
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - yj: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/yj/yj/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - yj - 1.2.4-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: yj from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Command line tool that converts YAML to JSON | https://github.com/bruceadams/yj
- MacPorts - yj: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: textproc/yj/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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- [go](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
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- [dhall-toml](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/dhall-toml/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: between, cli, conversion, convert, data.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph