libgit2 VS git2-rs

Compare libgit2 vs git2-rs and see what are their differences.

libgit2

A cross-platform, linkable library implementation of Git that you can use in your application. (by libgit2)

git2-rs

libgit2 bindings for Rust (by rust-lang)
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libgit2 git2-rs
30 8
9,387 1,583
1.0% 2.3%
9.6 8.1
6 days ago 6 days ago
C Rust
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later Apache License 2.0
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libgit2

Posts with mentions or reviews of libgit2. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-05.

git2-rs

Posts with mentions or reviews of git2-rs. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-22.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing libgit2 and git2-rs you can also consider the following projects:

pygit2 - Python bindings for libgit2

git-branchless - High-velocity, monorepo-scale workflow for Git

elfshaker - elfshaker stores binary objects efficiently

horde - Horde is a distributed Supervisor and Registry backed by DeltaCrdt

git-date - Bindings onto the date parsing code from Git

pygooglenews - If Google News had a Python library

git-smart-checkout - 🧠 A command-line utility for switching git branches more easily. Switch branches interactively or use a fuzzy search to find that long-forgotten branch name.

rust - Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.

immer - Postmodern immutable and persistent data structures for C++ — value semantics at scale

libevent - Event notification library

GLFW - A multi-platform library for OpenGL, OpenGL ES, Vulkan, window and input

Nova - Implementation of "Ray Tracing in One Weekend": https://raytracing.github.io/books/RayTracingInOneWeekend.html