install

Additional install commands

macOS

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brew install jp

provider-native install command

overview

Package summary

Dead simple terminal plots from JSON data

Project links

Homepage

Commands and aliases

jp

history

Project history and usage

jp is a small Go command-line program for drawing terminal plots from JSON or CSV input. It fits the Unix package niche of single-purpose data inspection tools: pipe structured data in, choose a JSONPath expression and plot type, and get a bar chart, line chart, scatter plot, histogram, or heatmap in the terminal.

Project history

The upstream repository presents jp as a dependency-light terminal plotting tool with prebuilt binaries for Linux, macOS, and Windows and a Go install path under github.com/sgreben/jp/cmd/jp. Its README examples emphasize stdin/stdout use, JSONPath selection, CSV input, and multiple terminal canvas styles.

Adoption history

jp was adopted as a package-manager utility across several Unix-like ecosystems because it solves a small CLI problem without requiring a graphical plotting stack. The batch package facts list Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, MacPorts, Nix, Scoop, apk, and openSUSE package names.

How it is used

Typical use is exploratory: combine jq or another data producer with jp, select x/y values using JSONPath, and render quick charts directly in a terminal session. CSV support made it useful beyond JSON APIs and logs.

Why package nerds care

jp is package-nerd attractive because it turns terminal Unicode and braille-style canvas output into a tiny analytics surface. It belongs to the same mental shelf as jq-adjacent CLI tools: small enough to install casually, useful when a full plotting environment would be too much.

Timeline

2018: Release tags in the upstream repository reached the 1.1 series, including CSV support and heatmap plotting.
2018: The README documented binary downloads for Linux, macOS, and Windows and Go installation from github.com/sgreben/jp/cmd/jp.

Related projects

jp is commonly composed with jq or other structured-data producers.
Its input model uses JSONPath-style expressions for selecting chart data.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`jp`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03

manager version1.1.12

manager updated

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:jp
Version	1.1.12
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://github.com/sgreben/jp
Repository	https://github.com/sgreben/jp
Bottle	not recorded
Service	none declared

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/jp.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
curated package history
pkgdb category and tag curation

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