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jqlang/jq

Command-line JSON processor

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How fast jqlang/jq is gaining stars, and where it lands on Trendshift and GitHub Trending

Activity and trending

Stars, forks and merged pull requests each day or month, lined up with the repository's rank on Trendshift Trending

Sep 6 – Nov 5, 2026

Stars +508 in 61 days

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Forks +3,414 in 61 days

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Merged PRs 47 in 61 days

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Trendshift Trendingwhere the repository ranked each day it made the top 25

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Stars, forks, merged pull requests and Trendshift Trending rank, by day
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Sun, Sep 6, 2026+5+20Not trending
Mon, Sep 7, 2026+2+30Not trending
Tue, Sep 8, 2026+4+10Not trending
Wed, Sep 9, 2026+0+10Not trending
Thu, Sep 10, 2026+18+20#17
Fri, Sep 11, 2026+7+00Not trending
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Sun, Sep 13, 2026+0+00Not trending
Mon, Sep 14, 2026+7+00Not trending
Tue, Sep 15, 2026+9+11Not trending
Wed, Sep 16, 2026+3+80Not trending
Thu, Sep 17, 2026+7+1040#20
Fri, Sep 18, 2026+2+1377#25
Sat, Sep 19, 2026+4+961Not trending
Sun, Sep 20, 2026+25+1080#3
Mon, Sep 21, 2026+8+420Not trending
Tue, Sep 22, 2026+11+00Not trending
Wed, Sep 23, 2026+6+630Not trending
Thu, Sep 24, 2026+14+1470#11
Fri, Sep 25, 2026+5+1551#17
Sat, Sep 26, 2026+7+1630#11
Sun, Sep 27, 2026+7+1171Not trending
Mon, Sep 28, 2026+6+750Not trending
Tue, Sep 29, 2026+14+1490#14
Wed, Sep 30, 2026+5+110Not trending
Thu, Oct 1, 2026+0+23Not trending
Fri, Oct 2, 2026+6+1060Not trending
Sat, Oct 3, 2026+3+950Not trending
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Mon, Oct 5, 2026+5+1000Not trending
Tue, Oct 6, 2026+1+1401Not trending
Wed, Oct 7, 2026+8+381Not trending
Thu, Oct 8, 2026+9+473#23
Fri, Oct 9, 2026+7+1691#16
Sat, Oct 10, 2026+3+1683Not trending
Sun, Oct 11, 2026+8+1431#21
Mon, Oct 12, 2026+13+671Not trending
Tue, Oct 13, 2026+2+1411Not trending
Wed, Oct 14, 2026+16+1100#19
Thu, Oct 15, 2026+14+600Not trending
Fri, Oct 16, 2026+7+1431Not trending
Sat, Oct 17, 2026+3+00Not trending
Sun, Oct 18, 2026+12+740Not trending
Mon, Oct 19, 2026+14+1070#22
Tue, Oct 20, 2026+26+464#19
Wed, Oct 21, 2026+12+872Not trending
Thu, Oct 22, 2026+7+442Not trending
Fri, Oct 23, 2026+4+40Not trending
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Tue, Oct 27, 2026+17+10Not trending
Wed, Oct 28, 2026+14+00Not trending
Thu, Oct 29, 2026+0+30Not trending
Fri, Oct 30, 2026+8+00Not trending
Sat, Oct 31, 2026+10+22Not trending
Sun, Nov 1, 2026+11+14Not trending
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Tue, Nov 3, 2026+6+50Not trending
Wed, Nov 4, 2026+14+10Not trending
Thu, Nov 5, 2026+4+00Not trending
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    • GitHub trending history

    Where the repository ranked on GitHub Trending, one dot for each day it was on a list

    Sep 9, 2023 – Apr 10, 2026Best #11

    #1#5#10#15#20#25
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    Mentions and achievements

    Where people are talking about jqlang/jq, and every badge it has earned
    1. Oct 291 post

      • before you hand your terminal to a coding agent, install these. agents shell out all day, and each one makes those calls faster or safer: - ripgrep: search that respects .gitignore - fd: find without…

        Read full on X, posted by @MohakBajaj5

        @MohakBajaj5 · x.com

    2. 19 days earlier
    3. Oct 101 post

      • jq: a free tool for reading JSON in the terminal

        Read full on Reddit

        r/u_MrWillow78

    4. Oct 61 post

      • jq: the sed-style tool for JSON in your terminal

        Read full on Reddit

        r/cherrypickedhq

    5. 3 months earlier
    6. Jun 291 post

      • iq - super fast interactive json filter

        Read full on Reddit

        r/commandline

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