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JSON queries.
Pure Perl simplicity.

jq-like queries for shell scripts and Perl applications. No compilation, with documented contracts for long-term stability.

Install jq-liteUse from Perl
Perl ≥ 5.14No XSNo native libraries
● ● ● jq-lite / shell
# JSON in. Useful answers out.
$ cat services.json
{
  "services": [
    {"name": "api", "status": "ready"},
    {"name": "worker", "status": "ready"}
  ]
}

$ jq-lite '.services[].name' services.json
"api"
"worker"
A small tool for familiar pipelines.
01 / PORTABILITY

No compilation

Pure Perl without external binaries or native libraries. Bring JSON processing to environments where Perl is available.

02 / STABILITY

Compatibility for operations

Exit codes, errors and stdout behavior are documented in a test-backed CLI contract, with long-term stability in mind.

03 / INTEGRATION

Use it from Perl

Use the documented JQ::Lite API in applications and other CPAN distributions, beyond the command line.

Install jq-lite

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Installation guide
Terminal
cpanm JQ::Lite

jq-lite -v

Requires Perl 5.14 or later

Usage examples

INPUT / JSON
{
  "users": [
    {"name": "Alice"},
    {"name": "Bob"}
  ]
}
QUERY / CLI
jq-lite '.users[].name' users.json
OUTPUT
"Alice"
"Bob"

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Documentation

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