jq VS nushell

Compare jq vs nushell and see what are their differences.

jq

Command-line JSON processor (by jqlang)

nushell

A new type of shell (by nushell)
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jq nushell
50 212
28,806 29,485
3.6% 4.0%
9.4 9.9
2 days ago 7 days ago
C Rust
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later MIT License
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jq

Posts with mentions or reviews of jq. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-27.

nushell

Posts with mentions or reviews of nushell. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-14.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing jq and nushell you can also consider the following projects:

fish-shell - The user-friendly command line shell.

elvish - Powerful scripting language & Versatile interactive shell

starship - ☄🌌️ The minimal, blazing-fast, and infinitely customizable prompt for any shell!

yq - Command-line YAML, XML, TOML processor - jq wrapper for YAML/XML/TOML documents

PowerShell - PowerShell for every system!

alacritty - A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator.

xonsh - :shell: Python-powered, cross-platform, Unix-gazing shell.

volta - Volta: JS Toolchains as Code. ⚡

oil - Oils is our upgrade path from bash to a better language and runtime. It's also for Python and JavaScript users who avoid shell!

jq - Command-line JSON processor [Moved to: https://github.com/jqlang/jq]

nvim-nu - Basic editor support for the nushell language

ion - Mirror of https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/ion