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Install jqfmt with Homebrew, Nix

Opinionated formatter for jq. Version 0.1.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

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Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install jqfmt

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#jqfmt

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/jq/jqfmt/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Opinionated formatter for jq

Commands and aliases

  • jqfmt

history

Project history and usage

jqfmt is a small Go command-line formatter for jq programs, built for the practical problem of reading long shell one-liners that contain dense jq expressions.

Project history

The README describes jqfmt as an opinionated formatter written after the author found long jq-heavy shell snippets difficult to inspect. Its implementation began from code taken out of itchyny/gojq's query parser because gojq did not expose the parser and AST walking API the author wanted.

Adoption history

Adoption evidence is modest and package-manager oriented: Homebrew packages jqfmt from its v0.1.0 GitHub tag, and the input batch also records Nix packaging. Homebrew analytics for the formula showed 92 installs over the 365-day window reported by the formula API on 2026-07-01.

How it is used

jqfmt reads jq expressions from a file or standard input and adds line breaks around selected structures such as objects, arrays, pipes, and operators. It is meant as a readability tool rather than a replacement for jq itself.

Why package nerds care

The tool is notable because jq has many linters, wrappers, and JSON formatters, but fewer dedicated formatters for jq's own query language. jqfmt also illustrates a common small-tool pattern: extract just enough parser machinery from an implementation such as gojq to make a narrow CLI utility.

Timeline

  • 2025: GitHub release feed recorded v0.1.0 as the initial release.
  • 2026: Homebrew formula API packaged v0.1.0 from the GitHub release archive.

Related projects

  • jqfmt is closely related to jq, gojq, jqjq, and other jq-adjacent utilities that parse or transform jq programs rather than JSON data alone.

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.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
jqfmtcliglobal 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 version0.1.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.1.0

https://github.com/noperator/jqfmt

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:jqfmt
Version0.1.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/jqfmt
Homepagehttps://github.com/noperator/jqfmt
Repositoryhttps://github.com/noperator/jqfmt
Upstream docshttps://github.com/noperator/jqfmt#readme
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/noperator/jqfmt/archive/refs/tags/v0.1.0.tar.gz
Build dependenciesgo
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namejqfmt
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

jqfmt

nix profile install nixpkgs#jqfmt
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Jqfmt
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/jq/jqfmt/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • goBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

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source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

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