Overview
vy is a terminal viewer for exploring JSON and YAML. Browse trees, search, extract and transform data with jaq, and use focus to explore subtrees.
Start with Getting started for installation and basic usage.
Guides
Section titled “Guides”| Guide | Topics |
|---|---|
| Navigation | Move through, expand, and collapse trees with the keyboard |
| Search | Regular expression search and search history |
| Combining focus and jaq | Transform subtrees and explore query results |
| goto | Paths and completion |
| focus | Explore subtrees |
| flatten | List and filter paths and values |
| jaq | Run and edit queries |
| preview | Read strings |
| copy | Copy to the clipboard |
| Write to standard output and exit | |
| write | Save to a file and continue browsing |
| hstr | Recall command history |
| config | Configure display, colors, and keybindings |
| help | Look up controls |
| quit | Exit vy |
Reference
Section titled “Reference”Commands · Keybindings · Display · Theme · Feature comparison
See Architecture for the internal structure.