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Install jsonpp with Homebrew

Command-line JSON pretty-printer. Version 1.3.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-13.

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macOS

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brew install jsonpp

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overview

Package summary

Command-line JSON pretty-printer

Commands and aliases

  • jsonpp

history

Project history and usage

jsonpp is a fast command-line JSON pretty-printer written in Go. It is intentionally small: read JSON from a web response or file, format it for humans, and exit.

Project history

John Hodges' jsonpp repository began with a 2011-08-22 commit titled "a working json pretty printer". The README says jsonpp was created after a friend working against large JSON APIs became tired of slow tooling, and that it later proved useful for parsing JSON log files.

The project stayed narrowly focused on pretty printing. Its README documents a file and pipe workflow, an option for formatting previously pretty-printed JSON, and an environment variable named `JSONPP_INDENT` for changing indentation.

Adoption history

jsonpp's adoption is modest but durable enough for a Homebrew formula and tagged GitHub releases. The README documents installation through `go get`, Homebrew, or copying a binary into `PATH`.

How it is used

The canonical examples are piping a web service response through `jsonpp`, formatting a JSON file from disk, and using `-s` when the input stream is one already formatted JSON object.

Why package nerds care

jsonpp is package-nerd useful because it is a tiny Go binary that does one common terminal job with minimal runtime baggage. It belongs to the family of formatter commands people install because they want fast readable output, not a full JSON processing language.

Timeline

  • 2011-08-22: First public GitHub commit.
  • 2013-07-03: v1.2.0 release published.
  • 2016-10-13: v1.3.0 release published.

Related projects

  • jsonpp sits near jsonlint, jq, Python's `json.tool`, and other command-line JSON formatting tools, but keeps its own role limited to pretty printing.

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 13 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
jsonppcliglobal 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 version1.3.0
manager updated2026-06-13
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detected1.3.0

https://github.com/jmhodges/jsonpp

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:jsonpp
Version1.3.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/jsonpp
Homepagehttps://jmhodges.github.io/jsonpp/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/jmhodges/jsonpp
Upstream docshttps://jmhodges.github.io/jsonpp
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/jmhodges/jsonpp/archive/refs/tags/1.3.0.tar.gz
Last updated2026-06-13T23:35:01+02:00
Pulseupdated
Build dependenciesgo
Bottleavailable (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namejsonpp
Version Scheme0
Revision1
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

  • goBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

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source trail

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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