diff --git a/scripts/apothecary b/scripts/apothecary
index 5c0f7bab40d..2d2f7ad685a 160000
--- a/scripts/apothecary
+++ b/scripts/apothecary
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 5c0f7bab40da5a59ef354c7135535566d4fcc225
+Subproject commit 2d2f7ad685abb329363a82955779f26c4cd1d39b
diff --git a/scripts/templates/ios/toJson.command b/scripts/templates/ios/toJson.command
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..2a58da2550d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/templates/ios/toJson.command
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+
+checkLib() {
+	for lib in "$@"
+	do
+		if ! command -v $lib 2>&1 >/dev/null
+		then
+		    echo "<$lib> not found, installing via brew"
+		    executa brew install $lib
+	    else
+			echo "$lib ok"
+		fi
+	done
+}
+
+checkLib jq
+
+plutil -convert json ./emptyExample.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+cd ./emptyExample.xcodeproj
+mv project.pbxproj p.pbxproj
+jq --tab . p.pbxproj > project.pbxproj
+rm p.pbxproj
+
+echo "OF XCode template conversion to JSON complete"
diff --git a/scripts/templates/macos/toJson.command b/scripts/templates/macos/toJson.command
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..2a58da2550d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/templates/macos/toJson.command
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+
+checkLib() {
+	for lib in "$@"
+	do
+		if ! command -v $lib 2>&1 >/dev/null
+		then
+		    echo "<$lib> not found, installing via brew"
+		    executa brew install $lib
+	    else
+			echo "$lib ok"
+		fi
+	done
+}
+
+checkLib jq
+
+plutil -convert json ./emptyExample.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+cd ./emptyExample.xcodeproj
+mv project.pbxproj p.pbxproj
+jq --tab . p.pbxproj > project.pbxproj
+rm p.pbxproj
+
+echo "OF XCode template conversion to JSON complete"
diff --git a/scripts/templates/osx/toJson.command b/scripts/templates/osx/toJson.command
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..2a58da2550d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/templates/osx/toJson.command
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+
+checkLib() {
+	for lib in "$@"
+	do
+		if ! command -v $lib 2>&1 >/dev/null
+		then
+		    echo "<$lib> not found, installing via brew"
+		    executa brew install $lib
+	    else
+			echo "$lib ok"
+		fi
+	done
+}
+
+checkLib jq
+
+plutil -convert json ./emptyExample.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+cd ./emptyExample.xcodeproj
+mv project.pbxproj p.pbxproj
+jq --tab . p.pbxproj > project.pbxproj
+rm p.pbxproj
+
+echo "OF XCode template conversion to JSON complete"