directories-rs VS dirs

Compare directories-rs vs dirs and see what are their differences.

directories-rs

a mid-level library that provides config/cache/data paths, following the respective conventions on Linux, macOS and Windows (by dirs-dev)
knownfolders xdg-basedir xdg-user-dirs
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dirs

a low-level library that provides config/cache/data paths, following the respective conventions on Linux, macOS and Windows (by xdg-rs)
Rust Linux MacOS Windows Xdg Redox knownfolders standarddirectories
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directories-rs dirs
5 1
684 182
4.1% 1.1%
4.0 0.0
7 months ago about 1 year ago
Rust Rust
Apache License 2.0 GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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directories-rs

Posts with mentions or reviews of directories-rs. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-19.

dirs

Posts with mentions or reviews of dirs. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-09-16.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing directories-rs and dirs you can also consider the following projects:

rattler - Rust crates to work with the Conda ecosystem.

watchexec - Executes commands in response to file modifications

boxxy - boxxy puts bad Linux applications in a box with only their files.

wasmer - 🚀 The leading Wasm Runtime supporting WASIX, WASI and Emscripten

xdg-ninja - A shell script which checks your $HOME for unwanted files and directories.

alacritty - A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator. [Moved to: https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty]

config-finder-rust - Rust crate to easily find config files and directories for your CLI application

alacritty - A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator.

platformdirs - A small Python module for determining appropriate platform-specific dirs, e.g. a "user data dir".

espanso - Cross-platform Text Expander written in Rust

cibuildwheel - 🎡 Build Python wheels for all the platforms with minimal configuration.

directories-rs vs rattler dirs vs watchexec directories-rs vs boxxy dirs vs wasmer directories-rs vs xdg-ninja dirs vs alacritty directories-rs vs config-finder-rust dirs vs alacritty directories-rs vs platformdirs dirs vs espanso directories-rs vs cibuildwheel