# Install fracturedjson with Homebrew, Nix

JSON formatter that produces highly readable but fairly compact output. Version 1.0.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#fracjson.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:fracturedjson
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install fracturedjson
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#fracjson
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:fracturedjson
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.0.1
- **Source summary:** JSON formatter that produces highly readable but fairly compact output
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/j-brooke/FracturedJson>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/j-brooke/FracturedJson>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- fracjson (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.0.1
## Project history and usage

FracturedJson is a JSON and JSONC formatter whose niche is compact human-readable output rather than fully expanded pretty printing. It keeps arrays and objects on one line when they remain short and simple, and aligns repeated object or array structures into table-like columns.

### Project history

The public GitHub repository was created in October 2020 and the first GitHub release was the FracturedJson .NET library v1.0.0. The repository later grew into a family of official implementations: a .NET library, the fracjson CLI, a browser formatter, a JavaScript/TypeScript package, and a VS Code extension.

Release history shows the formatter becoming more specialized over time. Version 2.0.0 added tabular formatting, version 3.0.0 added JSON-with-comments support and deeper table formatting, version 4.x refined numeric alignment and formatting options, and separate CLI v1.0.0 releases in 2026 added self-contained binaries for common operating systems.

### Adoption history

Official documentation lists NuGet packages for both the library and CLI, an NPM package for the JavaScript/TypeScript implementation, and editor distribution through the VS Code Marketplace and Open VSX. The README also points users to GitHub Releases for standalone CLI executables and to a GitHub Pages browser formatter.

### How it is used

The package is used as a command-line formatter through the fracjson executable, as a .NET library, through JavaScript/TypeScript bindings, in the browser, or inside VS Code. The package is most useful when dense JSON needs to remain scannable, such as coordinate lists, repeated records, and JSONC files where comments should be preserved.

### Why package nerds care

FracturedJson matters to package collectors because it represents a formatter policy that is deliberately different from canonical pretty printers. Its packaging spread across NuGet, NPM, Homebrew, standalone release assets, a web app, and editor extensions makes it a small but unusually cross-surface developer tool.

### Timeline

- 2020: GitHub repository created and FracturedJson .NET library v1.0.0 released.
- 2021: Version 2.0.0 added tabular formatting.
- 2022: Version 3.0.0 added JSONC comments, deep table formatting, blank-line preservation, and trailing-comma handling.
- 2024: Version 4.0.0 introduced NumberListAlignment.
- 2025: Version 4.1.0 added table comma placement options and .NET 8 targets for CLI and tests.
- 2026: fracjson CLI v1.0.0 published with self-contained release binaries.

### Related projects

- Official related projects include FracturedJsonJs for JavaScript/TypeScript, FracturedJsonVSC for VS Code, the browser formatter hosted on GitHub Pages, and community ports listed by the project wiki for Python and Rust.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/j-brooke/FracturedJson>
- <https://github.com/j-brooke/FracturedJson>
- <https://github.com/j-brooke/FracturedJson/releases>
- <https://github.com/j-brooke/FracturedJson/wiki/Available-Versions-and-Ports>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: .fracturedjson, .fracturedjson.jsonc, .fracturedjson.json
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - fracjson: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fr/fracjson/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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