Show HN: Sjq – Jq, but for AI Streaming

Category: cli-tool

Tags: cli-tool, llm, streaming, sse, rust, jq-alternative

Score: 6.5/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 6, Documentation: 8, Utility: 6)

sjq is a Rust CLI that parses streaming LLM responses (SSE from /v1/chat/completions and /v1/responses) and prints only the delta content per line, with timing metrics. It solves a real pain point: jq fails on SSE streams and envelope bytes dominate token streams, especially for agents piping streams into context windows.

Target audience: backend devs, AI engineers, devops debugging LLM APIs, coding-agent developers

Repository: https://github.com/vivgrid/sjq · Rust · MIT · 7 stars

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