jq vs JSON OS

jq is a free command-line processor for selecting and transforming JSON data. A jq filter takes an input and produces output; filters can be combined to access nested attributes, construct objects, gather results into arrays, or make other transformations. It reads whitespace-separated JSON values and writes serialized results separated by whitespace. Each expression runs on each input value and may produce zero or more outputs. For very large inputs, the --stream option parses incrementally. Output options include compact, raw, ASCII, sorted-key, and colored forms. Written in portable C, jq has no runtime dependencies, and a standalone binary can be copied to another machine of the same type. Standalone executables are available for Linux, macOS, and Windows, with packages listed for Linux distributions and package managers including Homebrew, MacPorts, winget, Scoop, and Chocolatey. A Docker image is also available. Release binaries have SHA-256 checksums, and signed release artifacts use jq release keys. The code is licensed under MIT; the documentation uses CC-BY-3.0.

JSON OS is a free, browser-based workbench that pairs a JSON editor with Markdown Studio, a Markdown previewer. The maker says it needs no signup and that processing runs locally in a Web Worker, with data stored in IndexedDB and nothing leaving the device. The JSON workspace supports up to three panes and can open or accept dropped files. Data can be viewed and edited as a tree, text or table, with table columns switched independently. The editor formats, beautifies, minifies and sorts JSON keys, validates against JSON Schema with Ajv format checks, and repairs malformed input such as smart quotes, comments and unclosed brackets. It compares two documents side by side and supports MongoDB-style filters; JSON arrays can be exported to CSV with a UTF-8 BOM. Markdown Studio supports GitHub-Flavored Markdown, Mermaid, KaTeX, highlighted code and embeds from services including YouTube, Vimeo and GitHub Gist. It sanitizes rendered HTML through DOMPurify, stripping scripts and untrusted iframes. Markdown can be exported as source, copied as rendered HTML or downloaded as standalone HTML.