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jq

sed for JSON

provisional — pending verificationMITself-hostable

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5.0 / 5

Transparency5

Value density5

Privacy5

Efficiency5

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Why it's listed

jq is listed in cli data & http tools because it competes on utility: sed for json. It's community-maintained open source: the incentive is the tool itself. Licensed MIT; pricing: free. Technically it's lean — it runs comfortably on modest hardware, which is exactly the proof-of-work efficiency we rank for. This entry is provisional — the scores are seeded estimates pending our full manual rubric pass, and the verification date will appear here once complete.

Facts

License: MIT
Pricing: Free
Funding model: Community OSS
Self-hostable: Yes
Verification: Provisional — scores are seeded estimates pending manual verification

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