alpm.rs vs frece

alpm.rs

Rust bindings for libalpm (by archlinux)

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frece

Maintain a database sorted by frecency (frequency + recency) (by YodaEmbedding)

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alpm.rs		frece
	Project
2	Mentions	3
106	Stars	71
3.8%	Growth	-
8.3	Activity	0.0
26 days ago	Latest Commit	over 2 years ago
Rust	Language	Rust
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	MIT License

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alpm.rs

Posts with mentions or reviews of alpm.rs. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-12-20.

What is your favorite programming language?
9 projects | /r/archlinux | 20 Dec 2021

I don't really have any resources on hand. I've been maintaining https://github.com/archlinux/alpm.rs for the past ~3 years so it's just experience hacking on that and writing C.
The Most Annoying Bug I've Had To Track Down
8 projects | /r/rust | 2 Jun 2021

Then I figured out what wrong: https://github.com/archlinux/alpm.rs/commit/5253d6

frece

Posts with mentions or reviews of frece. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-02.

55 GiB/s FizzBuzz (2021)
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 2 Jul 2023

Neat tricks. Beyond BufWriter (which I'm already using) and multthreading, I'm guessing there's not much to be done to improve my "frece" (a simple CLI frecency-indexed database) tool's performance without making it overly complicated. https://github.com/YodaEmbedding/frece/blob/master/src/main....
What is your favorite programming language?
9 projects | /r/archlinux | 20 Dec 2021
What is a program that you use that's uncommon but essential for you?
26 projects | /r/archlinux | 4 May 2021

Something I wrote: frece.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing alpm.rs and frece you can also consider the following projects:

arch-audit - A utility like pkg-audit for Arch Linux. Based on Arch Security Team data.

pacwatch - A pacman wrapper which helps you watch important package updates.

flexo - a central pacman cache

kitty - Cross-platform, fast, feature-rich, GPU based terminal

toru - Pacman wrapper with AUR support.

zoxide - A smarter cd command. Supports all major shells.

paccat - Print pacman package files

jstar - A lightweight embeddable scripting language

rust - Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.

ueberzug - ueberzug is a command line util which allows to display images in combination with X11. The user is expected to have knowledge of theoretical computer science. https://github.com/seebye/ueberzug/wiki/Troubleshooting/119e30f331799b30fb9594db29740685cb09425b

reboot-arch-btw - Checks if your ArchLinux needs a reboot due to a kernel update

fsearch - A fast file search utility for Unix-like systems based on GTK3