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A simple native GUI for inspecting JSON with jq

Shown by fiatjaf on Jun 5, 2020. Click the card to turn it over.

208points

56comments

#264of 3,028 in 2020

Top 9%of 2020 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

3 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 7 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score -0.24.

Idea: 0 for, 4 againstDesign: 1 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against

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Nice tool and fantastic work
From 2 comments
- Nice tool, and nice choice of example names!
  cylon13 on HN
- fantastic work! installed.
  parentheses on HN
Real-time jq results view is useful
From 1 comment
- No, that's not what it does. To be fair, the readme doesn't explain it well. This is a GUI app that allows you to see the jq results in real time. Here [1] is a video. [1]…
  atombender on HN

UI resizing bug when invalid jq syntax is entered
From 1 comment
- This doesn't seem to work that well. If you type invalid syntax, like '.[' then the window suddenly resizes to accomodate the error message, but not all of the text boxes resize.…
  nickodell on HN
fzf with --preview already gives a similar result
From 2 comments
- You can get something fairly similar with fzf, using the --preview trick from [1]: ``` echo '' | fzf --print-query --preview "cat *.json | jq {q}" ```…
  heinrichhartman on HN
- Nice project! Though as others already said, you can use fzf very effectively to get a GUI-like experience for such tools. If you're not a fan of jq for its syntax, check out…
  cube2222 on HN

Clickable row to find the jq filter for a value
From 2 comments
- If this hasn’t been said: Is there a way to instantly find out what filter to use when you click on a certain row? Kind of like doing exploratory jq on VSCode so you can quickly…
  originalvichy on HN
- If I was to click on the part that saus ’”b”:2’, could you show me the jq query I could use to get just that part of the json file? Kind of similar to how some Git extensions…
  originalvichy on HN
Command history support
From 1 comment
- Thanks for your plugin. I wish it had up arrow history. I keep a separate text log with commands and it would be nice if the plugin tracked them. Especially given the high…
  prepend on HN

How well does it handle hundreds of MB JSON files?
From 1 comment
- jq is nice because it can handle massive json files. Do you know if this app handles hundreds of mb files?
  zoba on HN

fzf with preview
From 1 comment
- You can get something fairly similar with fzf, using the --preview trick from [1]: ``` echo '' | fzf --print-query --preview "cat *.json | jq {q}" ```…
  heinrichhartman on HN
jiq and jid
From 3 comments
- Related tools for those working with JSON: - jo: convert shell ouput to JSON - jiq: interactive jq, useful when building complex jq queries
  atmosx on HN
- jid as well
  adictator on HN
- This doesn't seem to work that well. If you type invalid syntax, like '.[' then the window suddenly resizes to accomodate the error message, but not all of the text boxes resize.…
  nickodell on HN
gron
From 1 comment
- I too was falling into the trap of jq, but then I discovered gron, and it turned my world upside down. Long live gron!
  enriquto on HN
jqq
From 1 comment
- https://github.com/jcsalterego/jqq/ is similar, written in Ruby by HN user https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jcsalterego
  mtmail on HN
jsonfui
From 1 comment
- Wasn't able to run this yet. For browsing a JSON file I can also recommend jsonfui. I've been using it for many years now and I'm actually surprised it doesn't have more stars on…
  fphilipe on HN