# dominictarr/JSON.sh

a pipeable JSON parser written in Bash

Repository: https://github.com/dominictarr/JSON.sh
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/jsonsh
Language: Shell
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2020-12-15T18:51:41+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": 5427, "days_push": 2087, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2029, forks 265 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:07.158137+00:00)

## What it is
JSON.sh is a pipeable JSON parser written entirely in shell (compatible with ash, bash, dash, and zsh) that flattens JSON documents into path/value pairs. It requires no external dependencies and works in Unix pipelines for extracting values from JSON.

## Use cases
- parse json from a bash script without installing jq
- extract values from a json api response in a shell pipeline
- flatten a json file into key paths
- query npm registry json from the command line
- convert json to shell-friendly key value pairs

## When to choose
- you need to parse JSON in a shell environment with no dependencies like jq or python
- you want a small pipeable tool that fits Unix pipelines
- you need something that runs in ash, dash, or other minimal shells

## When to avoid
- you need high performance on large JSON documents
- you need complex queries like JSONPath or jq filters
- you need strict standards compliance or error handling for malformed JSON

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: parser, cli, json
- domain: developer-tools, files
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: shell-script, json-flattening, pipeable, unix-philosophy, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- dominictarr/JSON.sh (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:07.158137+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 2026-08-30T02:59:37.539098+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dominictarr/JSON.sh (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:07.158137+00:00, sha ad7646ce6d12)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.