# oq mit Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix installieren

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

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:oq
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install oq
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install oq
```

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

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add oq
```

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

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#oq
```

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

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:oq
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.3.5
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Performant, and portable jq wrapper to support formats other than JSON
- **Homepage:** <https://blacksmoke16.github.io/oq>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Blacksmoke16/oq>
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- oq (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 1.3.5
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

oq is a Crystal-written wrapper around `jq` that converts non-JSON formats into JSON for filtering and then serializes the result back out. Its core idea is to keep jq's filter language while adding practical YAML and XML input/output paths.

### Projektgeschichte

George Dietrich introduced oq in a 2019 article after comparing existing jq-adjacent tooling and wanting a more portable, higher-performance option for large non-JSON documents. The project goals were portability, performance, and extending the formats that jq can handle without replacing jq's filter language.

The 1.x series broadened oq from a CLI into a small Crystal library as well. Release notes for v1.2.0 describe library support, a SimpleYAML format for streamable large inputs, and better handling of multiple non-JSON files; v1.3.0 added XML namespace options and forced-array behavior for XML parsing.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

oq remains a niche developer utility, but it has enough packaging surface to be available through Homebrew, Alpine, MacPorts, and Nix in the input metadata. Homebrew describes it as a performant and portable jq wrapper, with Crystal required only for source builds.

### Wie es verwendet wird

A typical use keeps jq syntax in place and adds format flags, such as reading YAML with `-i yaml`, writing XML with `-o xml`, or using the tool as a Crystal dependency through `OQ::Processor`. That makes it useful in shell scripts where JSON, YAML, and XML need the same transformation logic.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

oq is package-nerd interesting because it does less than a full data-query language and more than a one-off converter. It packages the proven jq execution model with format adapters and a single-binary distribution story, which is often the sweet spot for command-line glue.

### Zeitleiste

- 2019: The author publishes the oq introduction and motivation.
- 2021-02-27: v1.2.0 adds library support, SimpleYAML, and improved multiple-file handling for non-JSON inputs.
- 2021-08-17: v1.3.0 adds XML namespace controls and XML force-array behavior.
- 2024-04-04: v1.3.5 is tagged.

### Related projects

- oq depends conceptually on jq and overlaps with yq-style data conversion workflows. Its implementation and library surface are tied to Crystal, libyaml, and XML/JSON conversion behavior.

### Quellen

- <https://blacksmoke16.github.io/oq/>
- <https://dev.to/blacksmoke16/oq-a-portable-performant-jq-wrapper-18ka>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/oq>
- <https://github.com/Blacksmoke16/oq>
- <https://github.com/Blacksmoke16/oq/releases>
- <https://github.com/Blacksmoke16/oq/tags>


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Nix - oq: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/oq/oq/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - oq - 1.3.5-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: oq from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | portable jq wrapper with support of other formats than JSON | https://github.com/blacksmoke16/oq
- MacPorts - oq: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/oq/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/oq.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/oq.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