# soheilpro/catj

Displays JSON files in a flat format.

Repository: https://github.com/soheilpro/catj
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/catj
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: json, cli, cat
Last push: 2020-11-14T18:33:44+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4285, "days_push": 2118, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1322, forks 21 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:21.986414+00:00)

## What it is
catj is a command-line tool that prints JSON files in a flat, dot-path format, showing each leaf value with its full path. The output is valid JavaScript, making it useful for understanding JSON structure and writing jq queries.

## Use cases
- find the full path of a node in a json file
- view json files in flat format
- understand the structure of a nested json document
- write jq queries by inspecting json paths
- convert json to valid javascript path assignments

## When to choose
- you need to quickly see the full path of values in a JSON file
- you want flat, greppable output instead of pretty-printed JSON
- you're writing jq or JavaScript queries against a JSON document

## When to avoid
- you need to query, filter, or transform JSON rather than just view paths
- you need to pretty-print or reformat JSON for humans
- you work with very large JSON files where flat output is unwieldy

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: cli, json, parser, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, files
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: json-viewer, flat-format, path-finding, command-line, nodejs

## Member repositories
- soheilpro/catj (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:21.986414+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:47:15.287466+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/soheilpro/catj (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:21.986414+00:00, sha c1d479ee3fbb)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/catj (fetched 2026-08-29T12:06:26.937970+00:00, sha 7d4017dc60e9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.