# Install jqfmt with Homebrew, Nix Opinionated formatter for jq. Version 0.1.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:jqfmt ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install jqfmt ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#jqfmt ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/jq/jqfmt/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:jqfmt - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.1.0 - **Source summary:** Opinionated formatter for jq - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - jqfmt (cli) - jqfmt (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.1.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/noperator/jqfmt - Upstream latest detected: v0.1.0 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## 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. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes 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:** jqfmt - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - jqfmt: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/jq/jqfmt/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [fracturedjson](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fracturedjson/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, formatter, formatters, json. - [jqp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/jqp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, jq, json, json-processing. - [beautysh](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/beautysh/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, formatter, formatters. - [buildifier](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/buildifier/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, formatter, formatters. - [cljfmt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cljfmt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, formatter, formatters. - [dfmt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dfmt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, formatter, formatters. - [dockerfmt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dockerfmt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, formatter, formatters. - [fnlfmt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fnlfmt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, formatter, formatters. - [jello](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/jello/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, json, json-processing. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/jqfmt.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/jqfmt.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph