# 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 ```sh sudo av install brew:jsongrep ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install jsongrep ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#jsongrep ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/js/jsongrep/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install jsongrep ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: jsongrep from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/jsongrep ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/jsongrep.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id micahkepe.jsongrep -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: micahkepe.jsongrep from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:jsongrep - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.9.0 - **Source summary:** Query tool for JSON, YAML, TOML, and other structured formats - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-25T07:20:51+00:00 ## Executables - jg (cli) - jg (alias) ## Build dependencies - rust ## 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: 2026-07-25 - Package-manager version: 0.9.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/micahkepe/jsongrep - Upstream latest detected: v0.9.0 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## 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. ### 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:** jsongrep - **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 - jsongrep: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/js/jsongrep/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper - jsongrep - 0.9.0-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: jsongrep from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | CLI for fast querying of JSON, YAML, TOML, JSONL, CBOR, and MessagePack documents | https://github.com/micahkepe/jsongrep - zypper - jsongrep-bash-completion - 0.9.0-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: jsongrep-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Bash Completion for jsongrep | https://github.com/micahkepe/jsongrep - zypper - jsongrep-fish-completion - 0.9.0-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: jsongrep-fish-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Fish Completion for jsongrep | https://github.com/micahkepe/jsongrep - zypper - jsongrep-zsh-completion - 0.9.0-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: jsongrep-zsh-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Zsh Completion for jsongrep | https://github.com/micahkepe/jsongrep - Scoop - main/jsongrep: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/jsongrep.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - micahkepe.jsongrep: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: micahkepe.jsongrep from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## 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. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [config-file-validator](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/config-file-validator/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, json, toml, yaml. - [dasel](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dasel/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, json, query-tool, toml. - [otree](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/otree/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, json, toml, yaml. - [python-yq](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/python-yq/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, json, toml, yaml. - [remarshal](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/remarshal/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, json, toml, yaml. - [yj](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/yj/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, json, toml, yaml. - [yq](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/yq/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, json, toml, yaml. - [dhall-json](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dhall-json/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, json, yaml. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/jsongrep.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/jsongrep.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