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Install jsawk with Homebrew

Like awk, but for JSON, using JavaScript objects and arrays. Version 1.4 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

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macOS

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brew install jsawk

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overview

Package summary

Like awk, but for JSON, using JavaScript objects and arrays

Commands and aliases

  • jsawk

history

Project history and usage

jsawk is a small command-line filter that applies awk-like pipeline habits to JSON data by evaluating JavaScript over objects read from standard input.

Project history

The GitHub repository was created in May 2009. Its README frames the tool as awk for JSON: input is parsed into arrays and objects, JavaScript expressions filter or transform the data, and output returns to stdout for shell pipelines.

Adoption history

jsawk remained a compact Unix-style tool rather than a large ecosystem. Homebrew packages version 1.4 from the GitHub tag archive, and the repository has enough stars and forks to show durable interest among shell users who wanted JSON manipulation before jq became the default answer.

How it is used

Typical usage is piping REST API JSON into jsawk, selecting or transforming fields with JavaScript, and either emitting JSON again or printing custom text for another command in the pipeline.

Why package nerds care

jsawk is a useful historical waypoint in the JSON-on-the-command-line story: it shows the pre-jq period when developers tried to extend familiar text filters with JavaScript object access instead of adopting a purpose-built JSON query language.

Timeline

  • 2009: GitHub repository created.
  • 2010s: Homebrew packaged jsawk as a JSON-aware shell filter.
  • 2026: Homebrew continued to package the 1.4 tag archive.

Related projects

  • Related tools include awk, jq, gron, JSON.sh, fx, jc, and the author's resty command-line REST client.

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 1 platform targets.
  • Installs with 1 runtime 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
jsawkcliglobal 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 version1.4
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detected1.4

https://github.com/micha/jsawk

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

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:jsawk
Version1.4
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/jsawk
Homepagehttps://github.com/micha/jsawk
Repositoryhttps://github.com/micha/jsawk
Upstream docshttps://github.com/micha/jsawk#readme
LicenseBSD-3-Clause
Source archivehttps://github.com/micha/jsawk/archive/refs/tags/1.4.tar.gz
Dependenciesspidermonkey
Bottleavailable (on all)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

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

package graph

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

Related tools

Same workflow

  • fxShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, javascript, json, json-tools.
  • jshonShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data-processing, developer-tools, json, json-tools.
  • json2tsvShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data-processing, developer-tools, json.
  • chalk-cliShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, javascript.
  • jcShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, json.
  • jidShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, json.

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
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment