# kellyjonbrazil/jc

CLI tool and python library that converts the output of popular command-line tools, file-types, and common strings to JSON, YAML, or Dictionaries. This allows piping of output to tools like jq and simplifying automation scripts.

Repository: https://github.com/kellyjonbrazil/jc
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/jc
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: parsers, json, linux, command-line, serialize, convert, scripting, shell-scripting, bash, cli, python, command-line-tool, command-line-interface, bash-scripting, python-library, yaml
Last push: 2026-08-26T19:28:00+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 87/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 65, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2514, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 76, "gap_med": 165, "n_releases_24m": 4}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 8667, forks 253 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:24.105441+00:00)

## What it is
A CLI tool and Python library that converts the output of popular command-line tools, file types, and common strings into JSON, YAML, or Python dictionaries. It enables piping command output to tools like jq and simplifies parsing in automation scripts.

## Use cases
- convert command output to json in shell scripts
- pipe dig or ls output to jq
- parse linux command output in python
- make bash scripts easier to parse tool output
- convert config file types to yaml or json
- use command output parsing in ansible playbooks

## When to choose
- you need structured JSON from CLI tool output for scripting or automation
- you want a Python library with parsers for many command outputs and file types
- you pipe command output into jq or similar JSON tools

## When to avoid
- you need to parse formats or commands not in jc's supported parser list
- you need extremely high-performance parsing of huge data streams
- you only work with already-structured output like JSON APIs

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: parser, serialization, cli, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, parsers
- platform: windows, python, cli
- tags: json-conversion, yaml, shell-scripting, command-output-parsing, jq, python-library, command-line, automation, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- kellyjonbrazil/jc (main) score 87

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:24.105441+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 2026-08-29T17:25:37.929887+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kellyjonbrazil/jc (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:24.105441+00:00, sha b02ba1bcd090)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/jc/json (fetched 2026-08-29T08:25:59.720041+00:00, sha 15ca40284fef)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.