fq Binary Format Inspector and jq for Media Files

fq is a command-line tool that brings jq-style querying to binary formats. It decodes, inspects, and transforms media containers, executables, packet captures, and dozens of other binary formats using familiar jq expressions and an interactive REPL.

Prerequisites

Go 1.22+

Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:

• brew install wader/tap/fq
• Make sure you have go 1.22 or later installed.
• go install github.com/wader/fq@latest
• go install github.com/wader/fq@master

Requirements and caveats from upstream:

• hachoir - General python library for working binary data.

Basic usage or getting-started notes:

• Basic usage is fq . file, fq d file or fq 'some query' file ....

• For details see usage.md.

• For details see formats.md and usage.md.

• Source: https://github.com/wader/fq

• Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wader/fq/HEAD/README.md

Documentation

• https://github.com/wader/fq/blob/master/doc/usage.md

Source

• Agent Skill Exchange