trentm/json

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1562 stars · 124 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A single-file Node.js CLI tool called '' for parsing, validating, filtering, and pretty-printing JSON on the Unix command line. It supports lookups, in-place file editing, streaming newline-delimited JSON, and stripping HTTP headers from REST API responses.

Use cases

• pretty-print from curl output
• extract a field from a response on the command line
• validate config files from the shell
• filter and process newline-delimited streams
• edit files in place from a script
• strip http headers before parsing payloads

When to choose

• you want a zero-dependency, single-file tool for shell pipelines
• you work with REST API responses including curl -i header blocks
• you need fast streaming processing of newline-delimited JSON objects

When to avoid

• you need jq's full query language or advanced transformations
• you don't have Node.js installed and prefer a self-contained binary
• you need to process very large JSON documents with random access

Facets

cli-tool · maturity stable

cli parser developer-tools developer-tools apis cli cross-platform -processing pretty-printing streaming jq-alternative rest-api-debugging command-line nodejs

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