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brew install fracturedjson

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overview

Package summary

JSON formatter that produces highly readable but fairly compact output

Project links

Commands and aliases

fracjson

history

Project history and usage

FracturedJson is a JSON and JSONC formatter whose niche is compact human-readable output rather than fully expanded pretty printing. It keeps arrays and objects on one line when they remain short and simple, and aligns repeated object or array structures into table-like columns.

Project history

The public GitHub repository was created in October 2020 and the first GitHub release was the FracturedJson .NET library v1.0.0. The repository later grew into a family of official implementations: a .NET library, the fracjson CLI, a browser formatter, a JavaScript/TypeScript package, and a VS Code extension.

Release history shows the formatter becoming more specialized over time. Version 2.0.0 added tabular formatting, version 3.0.0 added JSON-with-comments support and deeper table formatting, version 4.x refined numeric alignment and formatting options, and separate CLI v1.0.0 releases in 2026 added self-contained binaries for common operating systems.

Adoption history

Official documentation lists NuGet packages for both the library and CLI, an NPM package for the JavaScript/TypeScript implementation, and editor distribution through the VS Code Marketplace and Open VSX. The README also points users to GitHub Releases for standalone CLI executables and to a GitHub Pages browser formatter.

How it is used

The package is used as a command-line formatter through the fracjson executable, as a .NET library, through JavaScript/TypeScript bindings, in the browser, or inside VS Code. The package is most useful when dense JSON needs to remain scannable, such as coordinate lists, repeated records, and JSONC files where comments should be preserved.

Why package nerds care

FracturedJson matters to package collectors because it represents a formatter policy that is deliberately different from canonical pretty printers. Its packaging spread across NuGet, NPM, Homebrew, standalone release assets, a web app, and editor extensions makes it a small but unusually cross-surface developer tool.

Timeline

2020: GitHub repository created and FracturedJson .NET library v1.0.0 released.
2021: Version 2.0.0 added tabular formatting.
2022: Version 3.0.0 added JSONC comments, deep table formatting, blank-line preservation, and trailing-comma handling.
2024: Version 4.0.0 introduced NumberListAlignment.
2025: Version 4.1.0 added table comma placement options and .NET 8 targets for CLI and tests.
2026: fracjson CLI v1.0.0 published with self-contained release binaries.

Related projects

Official related projects include FracturedJsonJs for JavaScript/TypeScript, FracturedJsonVSC for VS Code, the browser formatter hosted on GitHub Pages, and community ports listed by the project wiki for Python and Rust.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

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Configuration and credential file locations

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Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: .fracturedjson.fracturedjson.jsonc.fracturedjson.json

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`fracjson`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version1.0.1

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/j-brooke/FracturedJson

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/j-brooke/FracturedJsonnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:fracturedjson
Version	1.0.1
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/fracturedjson
Homepage	https://github.com/j-brooke/FracturedJson
Repository	https://github.com/j-brooke/FracturedJson
Upstream docs	https://github.com/j-brooke/FracturedJson#readme
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/j-brooke/FracturedJson/archive/refs/tags/cli-v1.0.1.tar.gz
Build dependencies	dotnet
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	fracturedjson
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

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Combined YAML source

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combined/fracturedjson.yml

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