# jshon mit Homebrew, apk, apt, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für jshon in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:jshon
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install jshon
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install jshon
```

  Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: textproc/jshon/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add jshon
```

  Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: jshon from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install jshon
```

  Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: jshon from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#jshon
```

  Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/js/jshon/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S jshon
```

  Evidenz: Arch Linux sync databases: jshon from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install jshon
```

  Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: jshon from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:jshon
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 20131105
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Parse, read, and create JSON from the shell
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/keenerd/jshon>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/keenerd/jshon>
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- jshon (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 20131105
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

jshon is a small Unix command-line JSON tool aimed at shell scripts. Its manual says it parses, reads, and creates JSON while replacing fragile `grep`/`sed`/`awk` parsers and heavier one-line Perl or Python snippets.

### Projektgeschichte

The public tag series uses date-stamped versions from 20110215 through 20131105, matching the lightweight release style of many small C utilities. The tool's model is stack-based: it reads JSON from stdin or a file, performs chained operations, and prints JSON or plain-text results.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

jshon reached several Unix package systems, including Homebrew and Linux distribution packages, because it solved a common pre-`jq` shell problem: safely extracting JSON values without embedding a full scripting language in a pipeline.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Users typically pipe JSON into `jshon`, chain extraction and conversion flags, and combine its line-oriented output with ordinary shell tools. The `-F` and `-I` options also support file input and in-place edits for small JSON changes.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

jshon is package-nerd interesting because it belongs to the early 2010s wave of tiny JSON-for-shell utilities. Its interface is less famous than `jq`, but it captures a design point where JSON manipulation was deliberately shaped to fit classic Unix pipelines.

### Zeitleiste

- 2011: Date-stamped public tags begin with 20110215.
- 2013: The manual page is dated September 1, 2013.
- 2013: The 20131105 tag appears as the later date-stamped release used by package managers.

### Related projects

- jshon sits in the same problem space as `jq` for querying JSON and `jo` for producing JSON, but its interface emphasizes chained short options and shell-native line output.

### Quellen

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/jshon>
- <https://github.com/keenerd/jshon>
- <https://github.com/keenerd/jshon/blob/master/jshon.1>


## Sicherheitshinweise

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** yellow / mittel
- generalized runtime or code generation signal

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Debian apt - jshon - 20180209.d919aea-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: jshon from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Command line tool to parse, read and create JSON | https://github.com/keenerd/jshon
- Nix - jshon: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/js/jshon/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - jshon - 20131010-3build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: jshon from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Command line tool to parse, read and create JSON | http://kmkeen.com/jshon/
- apk - jshon - 20131105-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: jshon from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | JSON parser designed for maximum convenience within the shell | http://kmkeen.com/jshon/
- apk - jshon-doc - 20131105-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: jshon-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | JSON parser designed for maximum convenience within the shell (documentation) | http://kmkeen.com/jshon/
- pacman - jshon - 20131105-6: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: jshon from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A json parser for the shell | https://github.com/keenerd/jshon
- zypper - jshon - 20131105-2.27: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: jshon from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | A JSON parser for the shell | http://kmkeen.com/jshon
- MacPorts - jshon: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: textproc/jshon/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/jshon.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/jshon.yml)


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph