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https://github.com/PaulJuliusMartinez/jless

jless is a command-line JSON viewer designed for reading, exploring, and searching through JSON data.
https://github.com/PaulJuliusMartinez/jless

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jless is a command-line JSON viewer designed for reading, exploring, and searching through JSON data.

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![jless logo and mascot](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PaulJuliusMartinez/jless/master/logo/text-logo-with-mascot.svg)



[`jless`](https://jless.io) is a command-line JSON viewer. Use it as a

replacement for whatever combination of `less`, `jq`, `cat` and your

editor you currently use for viewing JSON files. It is written in Rust

and can be installed as a single standalone binary.



[![ci](https://github.com/PaulJuliusMartinez/jless/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg?branch=master&event=push)](https://github.com/PaulJuliusMartinez/jless/actions/workflows/ci.yml)



### Features



- Clean syntax highlighted display of JSON data, omitting quotes around

  object keys, closing object and array delimiters, and trailing commas.

- Expand and collapse objects and arrays so you can see both the high-

  and low-level structure of the data.

- A wealth of vim-inspired movement commands for efficiently moving

  around and viewing data.

- Full regex-based search for finding exactly the data you're looking

  for.



`jless` currently supports macOS and Linux. Windows support is planned.



## Installation



You can install `jless` using various package managers:



| Operating System / Package Manager | Command |

| ---------------------------------- | ------- |

| macOS - [HomeBrew](https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/jless) | `brew install jless`      |

| macOS - [MacPorts](https://ports.macports.org/port/jless/) | `sudo port install jless` |

| Linux - [HomeBrew](https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/jless) | `brew install jless`      |

| [Arch Linux](https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/jless/)     | `pacman -S jless`         |

| [Void Linux](https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/tree/master/srcpkgs/jless) | `sudo xbps-install jless` |

| [NetBSD](https://pkgsrc.se/textproc/jless/)                | `pkgin install jless`     |

| [FreeBSD](https://freshports.org/textproc/jless/)          | `pkg install jless`       |

| From source (Requires [Rust toolchain](https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install))       | `cargo install jless`       |



The [releases](https://github.com/PaulJuliusMartinez/jless/releases)

page also contains links to binaries for various architectures.



## Dependencies



On Linux systems, X11 libraries are needed to build clipboard access if

building from source. On Ubuntu you can install these using:



```

sudo apt-get install libxcb1-dev libxcb-render0-dev libxcb-shape0-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev

```



## Website



[jless.io](https://jless.io) is the official website for `jless`. Code

for the website is contained separately on the

[`website`](https://github.com/PaulJuliusMartinez/jless/tree/website) branch.



## Logo



The mascot of the `jless` project is Jules the jellyfish.



jless mascot



Art for Jules was created by

[`annatgraphics`](https://www.fiverr.com/annatgraphics).



## License



`jless` is released under the [MIT License](https://github.com/PaulJuliusMartinez/jless/blob/master/LICENSE).