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Make JSON greppable!

95 mentions on Hacker News by 82 people: 7 stories, 88 comments · first 2018-04-01 · latest 2026-10-27

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  1. …contents of a JSON file, you would maybe use `grep`, or perhaps `jq` and a well crafted query Try https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron .
    comment by pdimitar · 2026-09-04 · in Grep beats LSP? Why coding agents ignore your fancier tools
  2. …2h check the CI build' which will give me an OS reminder in two hours, I use it a ton at work. [0] https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron [1] https://github.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide [2] https://github.com/amterp/rad
    comment by amterp · 2026-08-17
  3. You might like https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron
    comment by iamjackg · 2026-03-27 · in A Faster Alternative to Jq
  4. Highly recommend gron. https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron
    comment by xendo · 2026-03-27 · in A Faster Alternative to Jq
  5. …may want to consider adding an example usage/output so folks can see what it does literally. [0] - https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron [1] - https://github.com/ckampfe/jstream
    comment by asa400 · 2026-01-02 · in FracturedJson
  6. Tried gron ( https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron ) a bit? If you know your UNIX, I think it can replace jq in a lot of cases. And when it can't, well, you can reach for Python, I guess.
    comment by a-french-anon · 2025-11-07 · in You should write an agent
  7. The only sane configuration language is something similar to gron https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron
    comment by afiori · 2025-09-19 · in Configuration files are user interfaces
  8. For this I use gron [0]. It's very convenient. [0]: https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron
    comment by rogue7 · 2025-09-11 · in A love letter to the CSV format (2024)
  9. …90% of what I need for json processing, it's a great first step and often the only necessary step. https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron
    comment by great_wubwub · 2025-05-02 · in A Common Lisp jq replacement
  10. I think GRON[1] would fit the bill better [1] https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron
    comment by afiori · 2025-03-27 · in A love letter to the CSV format
  11. Just use gron! greppable json It turns JSON to JS syntax. it"s perfect for these tasks. https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron
    comment by bugtodiffer · 2024-09-09 · in Jd – JSON Diff and Patch
  12. It's ofter a matter of having the right tool for the job. In your case, https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron might be useful.
    comment by smartmic · 2024-09-03 · in Greppability is an underrated code metric
  13. gron makes nested JSON greppable https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron
    comment by uasi · 2024-09-03 · in Greppability is an underrated code metric
  14. …back into a document (json). I'd love to see gron/ungron implemented for all tree structures. https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron
    comment by sitkack · 2024-08-18 · in Dasel: Select, put and delete data from JSON, TOML, YAML, XML and CSV
  15. You might like gron then. https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron For 90% on my needs this is all I need.
    comment by hgyjnbdet · 2024-05-03 · in How to Use JSON Path
  16. gron ( https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron ) to transform it and query and then invert the transformation?
    comment by sceadu · 2024-04-22 · in Frawk: An efficient Awk-like programming language. (2021)
  17. Then you'll love gron https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron
    comment by wooptoo · 2024-03-25 · in Show HN: Flatito, grep for YAML and JSON files
  18. …the same thing, but a tool I've had good luck with for quick-n-dirty grepping of JSON is gron: https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron (which I'm sure I learned about from a thread like this on HN...) It sort of "flattens out" your JSON to allow…
    comment by ratrocket · 2024-03-25 · in Show HN: Flatito, grep for YAML and JSON files
  19. related project, gron: https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron ▶ gron "https://api.github.com/repos/tomnomnom/gron/commits?per_page=1" | fgrep "commit.author" json[0].commit.author = {}; json[0].commit.author.date = "2016-07-02T10:51:21Z";…
    comment by llimllib · 2024-03-25 · in Show HN: Flatito, grep for YAML and JSON files
  20. ... which seems quite similar to gron [1]? [1] https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron
    comment by samuell · 2024-03-20 · in Show HN: jnv: interactive JSON filter using jq
  21. It buffers all of its output statements in memory before writing to stdout: https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron/blob/master/main.go#L204
    comment by haileys · 2023-12-03 · in Gron: Make JSON greppable
  22. …toss out some interesting links I've recently bookmarked in comments here. - gron (Greppable JSON): https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron - MarkDownload (Markdown Web Clipper): https://github.com/deathau/markdownload - Lean4 links: -- Theorem…
    comment by macintux · 2023-12-02 · in Ask HN: What are some unpopular technologies you wish people knew more about?
  23. …into lines of key value format, making it compatible with grep and other simple stream operations. https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron
    comment by Valodim · 2023-11-29 · in Jaq – A jq clone focused on correctness, speed, and simplicity
  24. …json[0].commit.author.email = "mail@tomnomnom.com"; json[0].commit.author.name = "Tom Hudson"; https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron It was suggested to me in HN comments on an article I wrote about `jq`, and I have found myself using it a lot…
    comment by ishandotpage · 2023-11-29 · in Jaq – A jq clone focused on correctness, speed, and simplicity
  25. …reference to "gron" ("make JSON greppable"), which I find to be quite useful for many common tasks: https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron
    comment by msluyter · 2023-11-29 · in Jaq – A jq clone focused on correctness, speed, and simplicity
  26. …of experience I already have at transformations on the command line.* The tool for that is likely https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron It's probably the best tool to go back and forth easily between json and line oriented.
    comment by reegnz · 2023-11-10 · in Interactive examples for learning jq
  27. …pipe it to `gron` [3]. [1] https://github.com/mikefarah/yq [2] https://github.com/sclevine/yj [3] https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron
    comment by PhilippGille · 2023-09-28 · in That's a Lot of YAML
  28. …Miller gron transforms JSON into discrete assignments to make it easier to grep for what you want https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron Miller is like awk, sed, cut, join, and sort for data formats such as CSV, TSV, JSON, JSON…
    comment by defrost · 2023-09-24 · in Modern Linux Tools vs. Unix Classics: Which Would I Choose?
  29. The best config format is clearly GRON https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron
    comment by afiori · 2023-09-22 · in XML is better than YAML – Hear me out
  30. I find `gron` to be very helpful for generating jq query strings https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron
    comment by cwaffles · 2023-09-19 · in Fx – Terminal JSON Viewer
  31. …changing JSON: use the gron format [0] as config. Tools can parse it as JSON and that’s it. [0]: https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron
    comment by jiehong · 2023-09-13 · in What is wrong with TOML? (2019)
  32. …from people that dislike jq. If you're that way inclined, gron[0] might be more your thing. [0] https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron
    comment by ccakes · 2023-09-07 · in jq 1.7
  33. …has a --json flag or something similar, so that jc is not needed anymore. [1] https://jless.io/ [2] https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron
    comment by goku12 · 2023-09-07 · in jq 1.7
  34. …enough that you have to consult the documentation every time, try gron. It’s greppable json https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron
    comment by tambourine_man · 2023-09-07 · in jq 1.7
  35. Make JSON greppable! https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron I've been using `jq` for years and I'm always able to cobble together what I need, but I have yet to find it intuitive and I'm rarely able to arrive at a solution of any complexity…
    comment by js2 · 2023-09-07 · in jq 1.7
  36. …for transforming JSON to and from a format that is more amenable to simple text tooling is gron : https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron Takes all the tree and hierarchy management away, makes it so ordering doesn’t matter. If I’m generating…
    comment by jameshart · 2023-05-26 · in That people produce HTML with string templates is telling us something
  37. gron https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron It takes JSON input and produces flat, key-value output based on the path to the value. Usage with grep was obviously the original intention, but I've used it to help me better understand a given…
    comment by placatedmayhem · 2022-12-20 · in Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)
  38. You should checkout gron, it is great at flattening fragments of json. https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron
    comment by sitkack · 2022-11-25 · in Jqjq: Jq Implementation of Jq
  39. Some alternative ideas for making JSON more readable: - Pipe into gron ( https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron ) to get a `foo.bar.baz = val` kind of syntax. - Pipe into visidata ( https://www.visidata.org/ ) to get a spreadsheet-like editable…
    comment by feanaro · 2022-11-03 · in JC – JSONifies the output of many CLI tools
  40. Unrelated tool but also very useful in combination with JQ: gron https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron
    comment by wooptoo · 2022-11-03 · in JC – JSONifies the output of many CLI tools
  41. Link: https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25006277 366 points | Nov 6, 2020 | 91 comments
    comment by asicsp · 2022-11-03 · in JC – JSONifies the output of many CLI tools
  42. …be good for. A diff on the gron output before and after should contain all the info needed. [1] https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron
    comment by kitd · 2022-05-10 · in What Is JSON Patch?
  43. Same boat here. I ended up finding gron https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron which resolved that issue for me. Now I don't have to look up how to use jq each time I want to quickly find something in some JSON.
    comment by boyter · 2022-04-26 · in Zq: An easier and faster alternative to jq
  44. …json as a series of assignment statements that recreate the json value. It's pretty handy. [1] https://github.com/TomNomNom/gron
    comment by omaranto · 2022-04-26 · in Zq: An easier and faster alternative to jq
  45. Also highly recommended is gron [0], to make json easily searchable [0] https://github.com/TomNomNom/gron
    comment by kitd · 2022-04-26 · in Zq: An easier and faster alternative to jq
  46. …all you're doing is trying to grep some deeply nested field, it's way easier with gron, IMHO. [1] https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron
    comment by msluyter · 2022-04-26 · in Zq: An easier and faster alternative to jq
  47. …CSV, Excel, Parquet, and more - https://github.com/multiprocessio/dsq gron: Make JSON greppable - https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron jello: Filter JSON and JSON Lines data with Python syntax - https://github.com/kellyjonbrazil/jello jless:…
    comment by luckman212 · 2022-03-21 · in Ask HN: Local Tools for Viewing JSON
  48. Try https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron
    comment by digitalsanctum · 2022-03-08 · in Select, put and delete data from JSON, TOML, YAML, XML and CSV files
  49. Another contender is gron which does the same. It's written in golang instead of rust. https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron <pre>$ cat test.json | gron</pre>
    comment by aynawn · 2022-02-25 · in Jless – a command-line JSON viewer (written in Rust)
  50. gron [0] is another interesting JSON processor that follows UNIX philosophy: [0] https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron "Make JSON greppable!" "gron transforms JSON into discrete assignments to make it easier to grep for what you want and see…
    comment by lr1970 · 2022-01-09 · in FX: An interactive alternative to jq to process JSON