mikefarah/yq
Position in GitHub’s trending lists for this Go project, facts from the GitHub API and the README, and the star history this site has recorded since it was first seen.
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yq is a portable command-line YAML, JSON, XML, CSV, TOML, HCL and properties processor
First paragraph of the README
A lightweight and portable command-line YAML, JSON, INI and XML processor. yq uses jq (a popular JSON processor) like syntax but works with yaml files as well as json, kyaml, xml, ini, properties, csv and tsv.
Install command found in the README
docker run --user="root" -it --entrypoint sh mikefarah/yqWhere it is trending
| List | Position | Stars gained |
|---|---|---|
| go, today | #10 | +9 today |
Star history recorded by this site
One reading per day since Nov 7, 2026, the first day this repository was seen in a trending list.
- 16,265+5
- 16,260+20
- 16,240+3
- 16,237
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README
from the repository mikefarah/yq on GitHub. Open the original README
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Positions, star totals and “stars gained” are the ones GitHub published, read at Nov 11, 2026, 07:00 UTC. The README paragraph and the install command are copied automatically and are not reviewed.
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How many stars does mikefarah/yq have?
16,265 stars and 1,296 forks when GitHub’s trending page was read on Nov 11, 2026, 07:00 UTC. GitHub reported 9 new stars for the period of the list it appears in.
What is mikefarah/yq written in, and under which license?
GitHub classifies it as Go. Its license, as reported by the GitHub API, is MIT.
How do I install mikefarah/yq?
Its README gives this command: docker run --user="root" -it --entrypoint sh mikefarah/yq. It is copied automatically; check the repository before running it.