Alternatives to fx
Inspect JSON interactively from your terminal. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
fx
Inspect JSON interactively from your terminal.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as fx.
jless
Browse large JSON structures in a keyboard-driven terminal viewer.
jless offers a keyboard-driven viewer with collapsible trees and regex search for large JSON, but native Windows support is not yet available.
jid
Explore JSON interactively with query suggestions.
jid explores JSON interactively with query suggestions and completion, focusing on building queries rather than browsing the structure.
jnv
Edit jq-style filters while previewing JSON results interactively.
jnv lets you edit jq-style filters while previewing the JSON results live, without a separate jq dependency, though completion covers limited filter forms.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
jq
The command-line JSON processor: slice, filter, map and transform structured data the way sed and awk handle text.
gojq
Process JSON with a Go implementation of jq.
jaq
Run jq-style queries through a Rust command-line tool and library.
yq
Command-line processor for YAML, JSON, XML, CSV and TOML.
Dasel
Query and update structured files through a consistent command syntax.
gron
A command-line tool that flattens JSON into discrete assignments so it can be searched with grep.
