kantord / headson
head/tail for structured data - summarize/preview JSON/YAML and source code
Why this job: works in the areas we cover, but does not say which job it does
What it does
- Budgeted output. specify exactly how much you want to see (bytes/chars/lines; per-file and global caps)
- Output formats. auto | json | yaml | text with styles strict | default | detailed
- Structure-aware parsing. full JSON/YAML parsing (preserves tree shape under truncation)
- Source code support. heuristic, indentation-aware summaries that keep lines atomic
- Multi-file mode. preview many files at once (paths, --glob ..., or --recursive on directories) with shared or per-file budgets
Get started
cargo install headson- Maintenance
- Active
- Last commit 28 days ago
- Stars
- 257
- On GitHub
- Licence
- MIT
- Allows business use
- Downloads for
- 3 systems
- Mac, Windows, Linux
- Latest tag
- headson-v0.17.1
- Released 2 months ago
- Built with
- Rust
- 98% of the code
Is it looked after?
- Contributors
- 1
- Last 90 days
- Issues
- 51% closed
- 35 still open
- Pull requests
- 453 merged
- 1 waiting
- Releases
- 65
- 30+ in the last year
- No contributing guide
- No security policy
- No code of conduct
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More: download files, languages, topics and project record
Download files, headson-v0.17.1
- Mac2 files, 9 downloads
- Windows4 files, 24 downloads
- Linux4 files, 66 downloads
Languages
- Rust 98%
- Python 2%
- Shell <1%
- Dockerfile <1%
Topics
- ai-agents
- bash
- cli
- data-analysis
- data-presentation
- json
- json-parser
- performance
- python
- python-extension
- rust
- rust-cli
Project record
- JobOther AI tools
- StatusListed
- Commits625
- Forks9
- Watching0
- Stars in 28 days+2
- CreatedOct 16, 2025
- First seen by usNov 7, 2026
- CheckedNov 7, 2026