jq now ships by default with macOS Sequoia . For older versions, you can use Homebrew with brew install jq or download the binary manually and use chmod +x jq to make it executable.
Download the .exe file (e.g., jq-windows-amd64.exe ) from the jqlang GitHub releases. For easier use, rename it to jq.exe and move it to a folder in your system PATH , such as C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin . jq download zip
Prebuilt Binaries. Download the latest releases from the GitHub release page. Download jq jq now ships by default with macOS Sequoia
JQ is written in C and has no runtime dependencies, making it easy to run as a single executable. For easier use, rename it to jq
Use your distribution's package manager for the simplest setup: Ubuntu/Debian: sudo apt-get install jq . Fedora: sudo dnf install jq . Arch Linux: sudo pacman -S jq . Downloading Source Code as a ZIP jqlang/jq: Command-line JSON processor - GitHub