Benchmarks
GQ is FAST and when we say fast, we really mean it. We have run several benchmarks to compare GQ with other popular JSON filtering tools and the results are self-explanatory.
Dot operator processing time
Time taken to process a JSON object with 1000 keys
GQ
200ms (7.5x) JQ
1500ms Array filtering
Time taken to process a JSON object with 1000 keys
GQ
100ms (8.5x) JQ
850ms Big JSON
Time taken to process a JSON object with 1000 keys
GQ
400ms (3.0x) JQ
1200ms