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yq vs yq: catalog facts
yq	yq
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under Apache-2.0.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Command line
jq-like syntax across YAML, JSON, XML, CSV and TOML Preserves comments and key order when editing YAML in place	Uses jq filters to query and transform structured documents Supports YAML, XML, and TOML
Shares a name with an unrelated Python wrapper, which causes confusion Expression syntax differs from jq in places that trip people up	Requires jq as a separate dependency
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026

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