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Install jsongrep with Homebrew, Nix, zypper, scoop, winget

Query tool for JSON, YAML, TOML, and other structured formats. Version 0.9.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#jsongrep.

Install commandSecurity notes

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Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install jsongrep

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#jsongrep

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

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install jsongrep

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · jsongrep · source: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/jsongrep

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/jsongrep.json · source: api.github.com

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id micahkepe.jsongrep -e

Windows Package Manager source index · micahkepe.jsongrep · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Query tool for JSON, YAML, TOML, and other structured formats

Commands and aliases

  • jg

history

Project history and usage

jsongrep is a Rust command-line tool and library for querying JSON, YAML, TOML, JSONL, CBOR, and MessagePack documents with regular path expressions. Its executable is `jg`.

Project history

Micah Kepe's repository was created on August 8, 2025. The README frames the project as a path-query tool rather than a general transformation language: users describe sets of paths through a document tree, and the engine finds matches.

The changelog shows rapid early iteration in 2026, including version 0.5.0 and 0.5.1 on February 14, 2026 and version 0.9.0 on April 18, 2026. The 0.9.0 entry added an interactive WASM playground and a porcelain output mode.

Adoption history

By 2026 the README documented installation through Homebrew, Winget, Scoop, and Cargo, and the input package facts list additional Nix and zypper packaging. That is unusually broad distribution for a young structured-data query CLI.

How it is used

The README examples use `jg` to query nested paths, match fixed field names at any depth with `-F`, compare common path searches with jq, and pretty-print JSON. Kepe's blog explains the model as regular expressions over tree edges rather than text characters.

Why package nerds care

jsongrep is significant as a modern Rust take on the `grep for structured data` idea. Package nerds care because it joins jq, JSONPath, JMESPath, gron, and jql in the crowded but still active space of command-line data inspection.

Timeline

  • 2025-08-08: The GitHub repository was created.
  • 2026-02-14: The changelog recorded releases 0.5.0 and 0.5.1.
  • 2026-02-28: The author published a technical blog post about jsongrep's query model and benchmarks.
  • 2026-04-18: Version 0.9.0 added the WASM playground and porcelain output.

Related projects

  • jsongrep is directly compared with jq in its README and blog. It is also adjacent to JSONPath, JMESPath, jql, gron, and Rust structured-data parsers for YAML, TOML, CBOR, and MessagePack.

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
jgcliglobal 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 generated2026-07-25
manager version0.9.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.9.0

https://github.com/micahkepe/jsongrep

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

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:jsongrep
Version0.9.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/jsongrep
Homepagehttps://github.com/micahkepe/jsongrep
Repositoryhttps://github.com/micahkepe/jsongrep
Upstream docshttps://github.com/micahkepe/jsongrep#readme
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/micahkepe/jsongrep/archive/refs/tags/v0.9.0.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 Namejsongrep
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%

jsongrep

nix profile install nixpkgs#jsongrep
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Jsongrep
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/js/jsongrep/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
zypper95%

jsongrep 0.9.0-1.1

CLI for fast querying of JSON, YAML, TOML, JSONL, CBOR, and MessagePack documents

https://github.com/micahkepe/jsongrep

sudo zypper install jsongrep
  • License: MIT
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: jsongrep
  • 2 dependencies
  • 3 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Jsongrep
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: jsongrep from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

jsongrep-bash-completion 0.9.0-1.1

Bash Completion for jsongrep

https://github.com/micahkepe/jsongrep

sudo zypper install jsongrep-bash-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Category: System/Shells
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: jsongrep
  • 2 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Jsongrep
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: jsongrep-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

jsongrep-fish-completion 0.9.0-1.1

Fish Completion for jsongrep

https://github.com/micahkepe/jsongrep

sudo zypper install jsongrep-fish-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Category: System/Shells
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: jsongrep
  • 2 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Jsongrep
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: jsongrep-fish-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

jsongrep-zsh-completion 0.9.0-1.1

Zsh Completion for jsongrep

https://github.com/micahkepe/jsongrep

sudo zypper install jsongrep-zsh-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Category: System/Shells
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: jsongrep
  • 2 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Jsongrep
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: jsongrep-zsh-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
Scoop95%

main/jsongrep

scoop install main/jsongrep
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Jsongrep
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/jsongrep.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
winget95%

micahkepe.jsongrep

winget install --id micahkepe.jsongrep -e
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Jsongrep
Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: micahkepe.jsongrep from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

package graph

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

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