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Install mq with Homebrew

Jq-like command-line tool for markdown processing. Version 0.6.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-03.

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Additional install commands

macOS

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brew install mq

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overview

Package summary

Jq-like command-line tool for markdown processing

Commands and aliases

  • mq
  • mq-lsp

history

Project history and usage

mq is a Rust command-line language for querying and transforming Markdown with a jq-like syntax. The project site and book describe the goal directly: make Markdown as easy to slice, filter, map, and transform as JSON is with jq. The GitHub repository is under harehare/mq, and its package surface includes both the mq executable and mq-lsp.

Project history

The documentation frames mq around structured-document workflows rather than general text filtering. Its listed use cases include LLM prompt and output processing, documentation management, content analysis, and batch processing across Markdown files. Its feature set includes selectors and built-in functions, custom functions, a REPL, IDE support, a VS Code extension, and Language Server Protocol support for custom function development.

How it is used

The release history shows a fast-expanding 0.6 series in June 2026. Release notes in that period added Obsidian wikilink, callout, and embed support; HTTP module imports; HTML-to-Markdown conversion improvements; code actions and rename support in mq-lsp; shell completion; an md module for generating Markdown; cross-file collection queries; and a large matrix of binary, deb, and rpm artifacts. mq's package-manager niche is therefore a Markdown-native query processor for documentation-heavy and LLM-heavy workflows, complementary to jq rather than a replacement for it.

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for mq. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

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
mqcliglobal executable
mq-lspcliglobal 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 version0.6.4
manager updated2026-07-03
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.6.4

https://github.com/harehare/mq

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:mq
Version0.6.4
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mq
Homepagehttps://mqlang.org/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/harehare/mq
Upstream docshttps://mqlang.org/book
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/harehare/mq/archive/refs/tags/v0.6.4.tar.gz
Last updated2026-07-03T15:31:13Z
Pulseupdated
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 Namemq
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

  • rustBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • lowdownShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, markdown, markdown-processing.
  • markdown-oxideShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, lsp, markdown.
  • marksmanShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, lsp, markdown.
  • action-docsShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, markdown.
  • ansible-language-serverShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, lsp.
  • bash-language-serverShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, lsp.

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.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/mq.yml

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