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yqyq
Free

Free and open source under Apache-2.0.

 Free

Free and open source under the MIT licence.

Command line Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
  • Uses jq filters to query and transform structured documents
  • Supports YAML, XML, and TOML
  • jq-like syntax across YAML, JSON, XML, CSV and TOML
  • Preserves comments and key order when editing YAML in place
  • Requires jq as a separate dependency
  • Shares a name with an unrelated Python wrapper, which causes confusion
  • Expression syntax differs from jq in places that trip people up
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: Apache-2.0 License: MIT
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Checked October 8, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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