# Install jsonpp with Homebrew Command-line JSON pretty-printer. Version 1.3.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-13. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:jsonpp ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install jsonpp ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:jsonpp - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.3.0 - **Source summary:** Command-line JSON pretty-printer - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-13T23:35:01+02:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - jsonpp (cli) - jsonpp (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.3.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-13 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/jmhodges/jsonpp - Upstream latest detected: 1.3.0 (current) ## 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. ### 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:** jsonpp - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 1 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## 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. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [jsonfmt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/jsonfmt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, formatter, json. - [fracturedjson](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fracturedjson/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, formatter, json, pretty-printer. - [gofumpt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gofumpt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, formatter. - [goimports](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/goimports/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, formatter. - [odinfmt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/odinfmt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, formatter. - [pgformatter](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pgformatter/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, formatter. - [rubyfmt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rubyfmt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, formatter. - [smlfmt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/smlfmt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, formatter. - [hindent](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hindent/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, formatter, pretty. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/jsonpp.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/jsonpp.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 - cross-ecosystem install command graph