# Install node-jq with npm

Run jq in node. Version 6.3.1 via npm; verified 2025-08-29.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:node-jq
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g node-jq
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:node-jq
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-jq>
- **Version:** 6.3.1
- **Source summary:** Run jq in node
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/sanack/node-jq#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/sanack/node-jq>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/sanack/node-jq#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/node-jq/-/node-jq-6.3.1.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/sanack/node-jq/issues>
- **Published:** 2025-08-29T23:09:58.704Z
- **Last updated:** 2025-08-29T23:09:58.704Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- node-jq (cli)
- node-jq (alias)

## Dependencies

- is-valid-path
- strip-final-newline
- tar
- tempy
- zod

## Build dependencies

- @semantic-release/changelog
- @semantic-release/commit-analyzer
- @semantic-release/github
- @semantic-release/npm
- @semantic-release/release-notes-generator
- @swc-node/register
- @swc/cli
- @swc/core
- @tsconfig/node18
- @tsconfig/strictest
- @types/chai
- @types/eslint
- @types/is-valid-path
- @types/mocha
- @types/node
- @types/strip-final-newline
- @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin
- @typescript-eslint/parser
- chai
- codeclimate-test-reporter
- conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits
- copyfiles
- eslint
- eslint-config-prettier
- eslint-plugin-prettier
- lefthook
- mocha
- nyc
- prettier
- semantic-release
- typescript
- validate-commit-msg

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Lifecycle scripts: preinstall
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 6.3.1
- Package-manager updated: 2025-08-29
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/sanack/node-jq
- notice: The package-manager record has not changed recently.
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for node-jq. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Beta: 6.2.1-beta.3, Latest: 6.3.1, Next: 4.1.0-rc.3
- **Version Count:** 102
- **Maintainers:** mackermans-admin, davesnx
- **Author:** sanack
- **Publisher:** davesnx
- **Engines:** Node: >= 18
- **Integrity:** sha512-4RRIiWwBGxVLLARVBHWyWjruO3IMjK/9bfS96W3RHDNjrGqJiZjWu6Hd1X2J8Xd/otu7FGFm7ryzrdioHxswuw==
- **Shasum:** 58d8bc6b66bb87e1e0da8d05c31a6affaf60558c
- **Unpacked Size:** 87,456
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2016-06-11T17:26:25.653Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2025-08-29T23:09:58.704Z
- **Modified At:** 2025-08-29T23:09:58.923Z


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