About yq
yq is a lightweight and portable command-line YAML, JSON and XML processor.
yq uses jq like syntax but works with yaml files as well as json, xml, properties, csv and tsv.
yq 4.54.1
yq is a portable command-line YAML, JSON, XML, CSV and properties processor.
- By Mike Farah
- Open Source
- Updated Sep 29, 2026
What's new in 4.54.1
- Added jq style if-then-elif-else-end conditional operator (#2871) Thanks to @anandghegde
- Added @base64url/@base64urld operators (RFC 4648 ยง5) (#2827) Thanks @MsfPablo
- Fixed: preserve explicit assignments in read-only expressions (#2850) Thanks @RRXXZZYY
- Fixed: error on int64 overflow in +, -, * instead of silently wrapping (#2826) Thanks @MsfPablo
- Fixed(toml): quote empty keys (#2870) Thanks @jakezwang
- Fixed: /dev/null was triggering colour output (#2852) Thanks @laraibg786
- Fixed dead snapcraft confinement link in README (#2840) Thanks @ShurongCAO
- Bumped dependencies
Technical details
| Publisher | Mike Farah |
|---|---|
| Author | Mike Farah and contributors |
| Version | 4.54.1 |
| Release date | 2026-09-29 |
| License | MIT |
| Installer type | portable |
| Architecture | x64, x86, arm64 |
| Package ID | MikeFarah.yq |
Links & install command
Install yq from the command line with Windows Package Manager (winget):
winget install --id=MikeFarah.yq -eOlder versions
- 4.53.6
- 4.53.4
- 4.53.3
- 4.53.2
- 4.52.5
- 4.52.4
- 4.52.2
- 4.50.1
- 4.49.2
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