yq Alternatives

yq is described as 'Portable command-line YAML, JSON, XML, CSV, TOML, HCL and properties processor' and is an app in the development category. There are six alternatives to yq for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Linux, Windows, BSD and FreeBSD apps. The best yq alternative is jq, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like yq are sq, jello, jless and csvq.

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  1. jq icon
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    jq is like sed for JSON data - you can use it to slice and filter and map and transform structured data with the same ease that sed, awk, grep and friends let you play with text.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. sq icon
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    sq is a free/libre open-source data wrangling swiss-army knife to inspect, query, join, import, and export data. You could think of sq as jq for databases and documents, facilitating one-liners like: sq '@postgres_db | .actor | .first_name, .last_name | .[0:5]'

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Homebrew
    • Docker
    • Kubernetes
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  3. jello icon
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    jello is a command line tool that filters JSON data using pure python syntax.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. jless icon
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    jless will pretty print your JSON and apply syntax highlighting. Use it when exploring external APIs, or debugging request payloads.

    26 jless alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Homebrew
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Rust
    • NetBSD
    • FreeBSD
    • BSD
    • MacPorts
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  5. csvq icon
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    Csvq is a command line tool to operate CSV files. You can read, update, delete CSV records with SQL-like query.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • NetBSD
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  6. Emuto icon
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    Emuto is a small language for manipulating and restructuring JSON and other data files. Emuto is inspired by jq and GraphQL.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
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