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Install jql with Homebrew, apk, dnf, MacPorts, Nix

JSON query language CLI tool. Version 8.1.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

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Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install jql

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install jql

MacPorts ports tree · textproc/jql/Portfile · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

JSON query language CLI tool

Commands and aliases

  • jql

history

Project history and usage

jql is a Rust command-line JSON query language and runner. It positions itself as a fast, lightweight, deliberately simple JSON selection tool rather than a jq-compatible language.

Project history

The Rust crate metadata dates the jql package to 2018-10-06. The repository later settled into a workspace with the jql binary plus jql-parser and jql-runner library crates, exposing the parser and execution pieces as reusable Rust packages.

Adoption history

jql has broader packaging than most niche JSON CLIs in this batch. Its README lists installation routes through Alpine, Arch AUR, Cargo, Cargo Binstall, Fedora, FreeBSD, Homebrew, Nix, openSUSE, and GitHub release binaries. Crates.io reported 248,530 total downloads and 3,640 recent downloads for the jql crate on 2026-07-01.

How it is used

jql accepts a query token sequence and returns JSON, with object selectors, array selectors, ranges, flattening, key extraction, streaming line-by-line input, validation, inline output, raw string output, and file-based queries. The README explicitly says there is no plan to align jql with jq or similar tools.

Why package nerds care

For package collectors, jql is interesting as one of several post-jq experiments that treat JSON querying as a compact shell primitive but choose a new grammar. Its split crates also make it more library-shaped than a single binary-only utility.

Timeline

  • 2018: Crates.io recorded the jql crate creation on 2018-10-06.
  • 2026: The GitHub release feed recorded jql, jql-parser, and jql-runner 8.1.x releases on 2026-03-18.
  • 2026: Homebrew formula API packaged jql 8.1.2 from the jql-v8.1.2 GitHub archive.

Related projects

  • jql is related to jq by domain rather than compatibility. Within its own repository, the most direct related projects are the jql-parser and jql-runner crates.

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
jqlcliglobal 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 version8.1.2
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedjql-v8.1.2

https://github.com/yamafaktory/jql

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

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:jql
Version8.1.2
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/jql
Homepagehttps://github.com/yamafaktory/jql
Repositoryhttps://github.com/yamafaktory/jql
Upstream docshttps://github.com/yamafaktory/jql#readme
LicenseApache-2.0 OR MIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/yamafaktory/jql/archive/refs/tags/jql-v8.1.2.tar.gz
Build dependenciesrust
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 Namejql
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%

jql

nix profile install nixpkgs#jql
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Jql
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/jq/jql/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
apk95%

jql 8.0.5-r0

A JSON Query Language CLI tool

https://github.com/yamafaktory/jql

sudo apk add jql
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: jql
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Jql
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: jql from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
dnf95%

jql 8.1.2-1.fc45

JQL is a fast and simple command-line tool to manipulate JSON data

https://crates.io/crates/jql

sudo dnf install jql
  • License: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT) AND EPL-2.0 AND MIT AND (Unlicense OR MIT)
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: rust-jql
  • 5 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Jql
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: jql from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

jql

sudo port install jql
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Jql
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: textproc/jql/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/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

  • rustBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • jqShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data-tools, developer-tools, json, query-language.
  • ijqShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data-tools, developer-tools, json.
  • jaqShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, json, query-language, rust.
  • sbjsonShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data-tools, developer-tools, json.
  • yjShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data-tools, developer-tools, json.
  • csviewShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data-tools, developer-tools.

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