build2
build2 build system (by build2)
coreutils
Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils (by uutils)
| build2 | coreutils | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 119 | |
| 543 | 16,926 | |
| 1.1% | 1.3% | |
| 9.2 | 10.0 | |
| 7 days ago | 5 days ago | |
| C++ | Rust | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
build2
Posts with mentions or reviews of build2.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-07-14.
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b2 for C++?
Yes, this is a common stumbling block for users with the CMake background. The underlying reason is that build2 is a "multi-repo first" build system while CMake is "mono-repo first" (or perhaps even "mono-repo only"; I don't think there were repositories as we know them when Autotools was designed ;-)). In particular, in build2 it's common to build multiple independent projects/repositories in a shared build configuration. Putting this build configuration as a subdirectory of source directory of one of them would be strange. You can read more on this in this issue: https://github.com/build2/build2/issues/187
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build2 IDE support?
build2 can generate Clang compilation database (currently indirectly): https://github.com/build2/build2/issues/96 I believe quite a few IDEs (including CLion) can work off that.
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Debian Running on Rust Coreutils
Yes, please, that would be very helpful: https://github.com/build2/build2/issues
coreutils
Posts with mentions or reviews of coreutils.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-02.
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Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils
Not that it should represent the rubicon of when to/not to rewrite code, but when you do, you do trade one set of bugs for a new set of bugs: https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues
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The First Stable Release of a Rust-Rewrite Sudo Implementation
Would be interesting to see a a Debian derivative that combines this with the Rust Implementation Of GNU Coreutils.[1] Could be a big win for memory safety and performance.
[1] https://github.com/uutils/coreutils
- New Version of the Rust Coreutils
- best software for linux
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Looking for a small boring rust project to help my learning.
uutils /coreutils is also a great project. It has many contributors, and it also is a great resource to learn.
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I Built an Implementation of the ls Command to Learn Rust! (Used to List Files in the Terminal)
You might be interested in this? https://github.com/uutils/coreutils
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I have years of experience in vulnerability analysis including several 0-day discovery, and this bug [buffer overflow] seems totally safe.
Already did it. Checkmate, as i believe your people say.
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[Media] My Rust OS for microcontrollers now has a dir command
There is already a rust implementation of coreutiils that uses a single binary like BusyBox or toybox. https://github.com/uutils/coreutils
- Tree(1) in Zig
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Rust is ugly, doesn’t even let you write simple data structures, unsafe rust is not even defined, makes the simplest things so hard to write and did I mention it’s ugly?
Ah yes, std, that famous crate that is unusable for systems programming. God forbid anyone do any "systems" programming that uses std.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing build2 and coreutils you can also consider the following projects:
samurai - ninja-compatible build tool written in C
exa - A modern replacement for ‘ls’.
embedded-graphics - A no_std graphics library for embedded applications
tokei - Count your code, quickly.
BSDCoreUtils - BSD coreutils is a port of many utilities from BSD to Linux and macOS.
watchexec - Executes commands in response to file modifications
fancy-regex - Rust library for regular expressions using "fancy" features like look-around and backreferences
woodpecker - Drill is an HTTP load testing application written in Rust
shake - Shake build system
skim - Fuzzy Finder in rust!
fab-rs - The fabulous, aspirationally Make-compatible, fabricator of files.
rust - Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.