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Jq-like command-line tool for markdown processing. Version 0.7.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-22.
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Package summary
Jq-like command-line tool for markdown processing
Project links
Commands and aliases
- mq
- mq-lsp
history
Project history and usage
mq is a Rust command-line language for querying and transforming Markdown with a jq-like syntax. The project site and book describe the goal directly: make Markdown as easy to slice, filter, map, and transform as JSON is with jq. The GitHub repository is under harehare/mq, and its package surface includes both the mq executable and mq-lsp.
Project history
The documentation frames mq around structured-document workflows rather than general text filtering. Its listed use cases include LLM prompt and output processing, documentation management, content analysis, and batch processing across Markdown files. Its feature set includes selectors and built-in functions, custom functions, a REPL, IDE support, a VS Code extension, and Language Server Protocol support for custom function development.
How it is used
The release history shows a fast-expanding 0.6 series in June 2026. Release notes in that period added Obsidian wikilink, callout, and embed support; HTTP module imports; HTML-to-Markdown conversion improvements; code actions and rename support in mq-lsp; shell completion; an md module for generating Markdown; cross-file collection queries; and a large matrix of binary, deb, and rpm artifacts. mq's package-manager niche is therefore a Markdown-native query processor for documentation-heavy and LLM-heavy workflows, complementary to jq rather than a replacement for it.
Sources
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for mq. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
mq | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mq-lsp | 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 version0.7.0
manager updated2026-07-22
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:mq |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.7.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://mqlang.org/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/harehare/mq |
| Last updated | 2026-07-22T12:31:50Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
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.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation