Rust Tools

H. Högl, 2022, 2023, 2024

  1. bat - cat replacement - https://github.com/sharkdp/bat

  2. exa ls - ls replacement - https://github.com/ogham/exa

  3. rg - grep replacement - https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep

  4. fd - find replacement - https://github.com/sharkdp/fd

  5. as-tree - tree output (use like fd | as-tree) - https://github.com/jez/as-tree

  6. procs - ps replacement - https://github.com/dalance/procs

  7. sd - find and replace - https://github.com/chmln/sd

  8. ruplacer - search and replace in files - https://github.com/dmerejkowsky/ruplacer

  9. amber - search and replace (similar to ag, ack, grep) - https://github.com/dalance/amber

  10. dust - du replacement - https://github.com/bootandy/dust

  11. dua - du replacement - https://github.com/Byron/dua-cli

  12. pdu - du replacement (parallel disk usage) - https://github.com/KSXGitHub/parallel-disk-usage

  13. erdtree - du replacement - https://github.com/solidiquis/erdtree

  14. starship - cross shell prompt - https://starship.rs

  15. tokei - code statistics - https://github.com/XAMPPRocky/tokei

  16. loc - aehnlich zu tokei (schneller) - https://github.com/cgag/loc

  17. hyperfine - command line benchmarking tool - https://github.com/sharkdp/hyperfine

  18. bottom (btm) - TUI based system monitor - https://github.com/ClementTsang/bottom

  19. tealdeer - tldr in Rust (simpler replacement for man pages) - https://github.com/dbrgn/tealdeer

  20. bandwhich - network utilization by process, connection and remote IP/hostname - https://github.com/imsnif/bandwhich

  21. grex - regular expression tools and lib - https://github.com/pemistahl/grex

  22. rmesg - dmesg in Rust - https://github.com/polyverse/rmesg

  23. zoxide - smarter cd, autojumper - https://github.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide

  24. sn - manage build artefacts, du replacement - https://github.com/vmchale/tin-summer

  25. delta - A syntax-highlighting pager for git, diff, and grep output - https://github.com/dandavison/delta

  26. tp-note - minimalistic note taking - https://github.com/getreu/tp-note

  27. hexdmp - hexdump tool - https://badlydrawnrod.github.io/hexdmp

  28. nushell - new type of shell - https://github.com/nushell/nushell

  29. diskonaut - Terminal disk space navigator - https://github.com/imsnif/diskonaut

  30. jless - JSON Viewer - https://jless.io | https://github.com/PaulJuliusMartinez/jless

  31. tv - tidy viewer csv pretty printer - https://github.com/alexhallam/tv

  32. xsv - CSV utility - https://github.com/BurntSushi/xsv (siehe auch den fork qsv, https://github.com/jqnatividad/qsv)

  33. just - similar to make, needs justfile - https://github.com/casey/just

  34. bevy - game engine - https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy

  35. SpotifyTUI - TUI for spotify - https://github.com/Rigellute/spotify-tui

  36. GitUI - TUI for git - https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui

  37. kmon - Linux Kernel Manager and Activity Monitor - https://github.com/orhun/kmon

  38. alacritty - A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator. (alacritty.org) - https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty

  39. toml2json - Convert .toml to .json Files - https://lib.rs/crates/toml2json

  40. lowcharts - plots im terminal - https://github.com/juan-leon/lowcharts

  41. appflowy - Alternative zu notion.so - https://www.appflowy.io

  42. svgbob - ASCII in SVG wandeln - https://github.com/ivanceras/svgbob

  43. serial-monitor - terminal emulator in Rust (UART) - https://github.com/dhylands/serial-monitor

  44. mdbook - Buecher in Markdown schreiben - https://rust-lang.github.io/mdBook/index.html

  45. zellij - terminal multiplexer in Rust - https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij

  46. rnr - rename multiple files and directories - https://github.com/ChuckDaniels87/rnr

  47. memgrep - grep for /proc/pid/mem - https://github.com/eras/memgrep

  48. broot - a new way to browse through directories - https://github.com/Canop/broot

  49. youtube-subscriptions - terminal UI for viewing youtube and/or peertube subscriptions - https://github.com/yazgoo/youtube-subscriptions

  50. json2excel - rust/webasm lib to convert json to excel - https://github.com/dhtmlx/json2excel

  51. amp - simple editor - https://amp.rs

  52. ox - code editor im terminal - https://github.com/curlpipe/ox

  53. onefetch - Git-Auskunft in der Shell - https://github.com/o2sh/onefetch

  54. hl - Log viewer für JSON Format - https://github.com/pamburus/hl

  55. rustscan - Port Scanner - https://github.com/RustScan/RustScan

  56. sic - Bildverarbeitung auf der Konsole (CLI wrapper for https://github.com/image-rs/image) - https://github.com/foresterre/sic

  57. rperf - Alternative to iperf - https://github.com/opensource-3d-p/rperf

  58. ch4 - DNS Client - https://github.com/r-bk/ch4

  59. Blue Recorder - A simple desktop recorder for Linux systems. Built using GTK+ 3 and ffmpeg. - https://github.com/xlmnxp/blue-recorder

  60. lfs - List filesystems (df replacement) - https://github.com/canop/lfs

  61. lsd - Next gen ls (ls deluxe) - https://github.com/Peltoche/lsd

  62. difftastic - Difftastic is a structural diff tool that compares files based on their syntax. -https://github.com/wilfred/difftastic

  63. mprocs - mprocs runs multiple commands in parallel and shows output of each command separately - https://github.com/pvolok/mprocs

  64. downcat - A simple cross-platform remote file management tool to upload and download files over HTTP/S - https://github.com/sexnine/downcat

  65. lemmy - Ein Link Aggregator für das Fediverse (ähnlich Reddit) - https://join-lemmy.org

  66. RustDesk - Remote Desktop Software (aehnlich TeamViewer) - https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk

  67. Quickwit - Alternative to Elasticsearch (powered by Tantivy full-text search engine) - https://quickwit.io

  68. choose - cut and (a bit) awk replacement - https://github.com/theryangeary/choose

  69. frawk - awk replacement - https://github.com/ezrosent/frawk

  70. brain - Zettelkasten in Rust - https://github.com/robert-lag/brain

  71. smeagol - lokales Wiki, ähnlich Gollum - https://github.com/AustinWise/smeagol

  72. rmx - rm replacement - https://github.com/demfabris/rmx

  73. navi - An interactive cheatsheet tool for the command-line - https://crates.io/crates/navi

  74. vaultwarden - Alternative implementation of the Bitwarden server API written in Rust - https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden

  75. lesma paste app - simple paste app friendly with browser and command line (rocket, tera) - http://gitlab.com/ogarcia/lesma

  76. dexios - A secure file encryption utility, written in Rust - https://github.com/brxken128/dexios

  77. watchexec - Executes commands in response to file modifications - https://github.com/watchexec/watchexec

  78. samanlainen - Delete duplicate files. Uses SHA512. Rewritten from duplikaatti (Go) in Rust - https://github.com/raspi/samanlainen

  79. zola - A fast static site generator in a single binary with everything built-in. https://www.getzola.org - https://github.com/getzola/zola

  80. helix - A post-modern modal text editor (ähnlich Vim und Kakoune) - https://github.com/helix-editor/helix, https://helix-editor.com

  81. revolt - Alternative zu Discord. Backend ist in Rust geschrieben - https://revolt.chat, https://github.com/revoltchat/backend

  82. hunt - A highly-opinionated simplified Find command made with Rust - https://github.com/LyonSyonII/hunt-rs

  83. hurl - Hurl, run and test HTTP requests with plain text (https://hurl.dev) - https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl

  84. joshuto - file manager - https://github.com/kamiyaa/joshuto

  85. kalker - calculator that supports user-defined variables, functions, differentiation, and integration - https://github.com/PaddiM8/kalker and https://kalker.xyz

  86. rtx - rtx is a tool for managing programming language and tool versions - https://github.com/jdx/rtx

  87. himalaya - CLI to manage emails, based on email-lib https://github.com/soywod/himalaya

  88. gitoxide (gix) - git in Rust - https://github.com/Byron/gitoxide

  89. ruff - Python linter and code formatter - https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff

  90. dprint - A pluggable and configurable code formatting platform written in Rust - https://dprint.dev

  91. lapce - A modern open source code editor in Rust - https://lapce.dev

  92. rust-chatgpt-cli - A user-friendly terminal interface for OpenAI’s GPT chatbot - https://github.com/DieHard073055/rust-chatgpt-cli

  93. eza - A modern, maintained replacement for ls - https://eza.rocks

  94. minicaldav - Minimal CalDAV client - https://gitlab.com/floers/minicaldav

  95. doctave - Documentation site generator - https://github.com/Doctave/doctave

  96. footage - Polish videos - https://gitlab.com/adhami3310/Footage

  97. jaq - A clone of jq written in Rust - https://github.com/01mf02/jaq

  98. clog - Generate beautiful changelogs from your Git commit history - https://github.com/clog-tool/clog-cli

  99. typst - Workflow for science documentation (Alternative zu LaTeX) - https://typst.app

  100. uv - An extremely fast Python package installer and resolver, written in Rust (next step to „cargo for Python“) - https://github.com/astral-sh/uv

  101. rsass - Sass reimplemented in rust with nom - https://github.com/kaj/rsass

  102. rusmux - Wrapper fuer tmux (aehnlich tmuxinator oder tmuxp) - https://github.com/MeirKriheli/rusmux

  103. sk - Fuzzy finder in Rust - https://github.com/lotabout/skim

  104. asciinema - Terminal session recorder - https://github.com/asciinema/asciinema

  105. agg - asciinema gif generator - https://github.com/asciinema/agg

  106. trippy - A network diagnostic tool (combines traceroute and ping) - https://github.com/fujiapple852/trippy

  107. macchina - A system information fetcher with an emphasis on performance - https://crates.io/crates/macchina

  108. monolith - CLI tool for saving web pages as a single HTML file - https://github.com/Y2Z/monolith

  109. atuin - Magical shell history (https://atuin.sh) - https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin

  110. oh-crab - Fix your terminal commands with the power of Rust - https://github.com/luizvbo/oh-crab

  111. topgrade - Upgrade all the things - https://github.com/topgrade-rs/topgrade

  112. kooha - Elegantly record your screen - https://github.com/SeaDve/Kooha

  113. wiki-tui - A simple and easy to use Wikipedia Text User Interface - https://github.com/Builditluc/wiki-tui

  114. xh - Friendly and fast tool for sending HTTP requests - <https://github.com/ducaale/xh>

  115. tree - Cross-Platform tree cli written in Rust - <https://peteretelej.github.io/tree/>

  116. opentalk - Freie Videokonferenz-Software - <https://opentalk.eu>

  117. lychee - Schneller async link checker - <https://lychee.cli.rs>

  118. taplo - TOML toolkit (u.a. Linter) - https://github.com/tamasfe/taplo

  119. rusty-rain - A cross platform matrix rain made with Rust - https://rusty-rain.xyz

  120. wthrr - Weather companion for the terminal - https://github.com/ttytm/wthrr-the-weathercrab

  121. rnote - Sketch and take handwritten notes - https://rnote.flxzt.net

  122. polaris - Music streaming - https://github.com/agersant/polaris

  123. websocat - WebSocket CLI client - https://github.com/vi/websocat

  124. cyme - List system USB buses and devices (a modern lsusb) - https://github.com/tuna-f1sh/cyme

  125. dysk - A linux utility to get information on filesystems, like df but better (https://dystroy.org/dysk) - https://github.com/Canop/dysk

  126. srgn - Grep-like tool for sourcecode - https://github.com/alexpovel/srgn

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