# Install jnv with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop

Interactive JSON filter using jq. Version 0.7.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#jnv.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:jnv
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install jnv
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install jnv
```

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

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#jnv
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S jnv
```

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

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/jnv
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/jnv.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:jnv
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.7.1
- **Source summary:** Interactive JSON filter using jq
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/ynqa/jnv>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/ynqa/jnv>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- jnv (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.7.1
## Project history and usage

jnv is a Rust terminal tool for navigating JSON with an interactive viewer and jq-style filter editor. Its README says it uses jaq for filter evaluation and was inspired by jid and jiq, placing it in the family of interactive JSON exploration tools rather than one-shot JSON processors.

### Project history

The GitHub repository was created in March 2024, followed by v0.1.0 on March 19, 2024. Releases through 2024 and 2025 added packaged binaries for macOS, Linux, and Windows, while the README documents package-manager installation routes including Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, conda-forge, and Cargo.

### Adoption history

jnv's adoption path is unusually package-manager-forward for a young CLI: the README includes Repology packaging status and first-class install snippets for several ecosystems. Homebrew core packaging and other package-manager entries make it easy to try as a jq-adjacent interactive viewer.

### How it is used

Users pipe JSON into jnv or pass a JSON file, edit a jq filter interactively, inspect the resulting JSON tree, fold and navigate entries, and optionally write the selected result to stdout. The README calls out support for standard JSON and multiple JSON structures such as JSON Lines.

### Why package nerds care

jnv is notable for combining the familiar jq query model with a terminal UI and bundling jaq so users do not have to provide jq separately. For package nerds, it is part of the wave of Rust CLIs that ship cross-platform binaries and land quickly in multiple package managers.

### Timeline

- 2024: Repository created and v0.1.0 published in March.
- 2024: v0.3.0 published with prebuilt binaries and Homebrew tap instructions.
- 2025: v0.5.0 published with binary assets for macOS, Windows, Linux GNU, and Linux musl.
- 2026: v0.7.x release artifacts published.

### Related projects

- jq supplies the filter language model that jnv exposes interactively.
- jaq is the Rust jq-compatible evaluator used by jnv.
- jid and jiq are named by the README as inspirations.

### Sources

- The GitHub release API supplies the release timeline.
- The GitHub repository API supplies the repository creation date and project description.
- The README supplies the feature list, input model, inspirations, and installation routes.


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - jnv: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/jn/jnv/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- pacman - jnv - 0.7.1-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: jnv from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Interactive JSON filter using jq | https://github.com/ynqa/jnv
- MacPorts - jnv: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: textproc/jnv/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/jnv: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/jnv.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- 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