# Install python-yq with Homebrew

Command-line YAML and XML processor that wraps jq. Version 4.1.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-12.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:python-yq
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install python-yq
```

  Evidence: provider-native install command

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:python-yq
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 4.1.2
- **Source summary:** Command-line YAML and XML processor that wraps jq
- **Homepage:** <https://kislyuk.github.io/yq/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/kislyuk/yq>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-12T12:25:22-07:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T00:40:33+00:00

## Executables

- tomlq (alias)
- xq (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 4.1.2

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/python-yq.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/python-yq.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- pkgdb category and tag curation