ziglings VS getrandom

Compare ziglings vs getrandom and see what are their differences.

ziglings

Learn the Zig programming language by fixing tiny broken programs. (by ratfactor)

getrandom

A small cross-platform library for retrieving random data from (operating) system source (by rust-random)
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ziglings getrandom
36 8
4,030 251
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8.1 6.7
about 1 month ago 7 days ago
Zig Rust
MIT License Apache License 2.0
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ziglings

Posts with mentions or reviews of ziglings. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-08.

getrandom

Posts with mentions or reviews of getrandom. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-11.
  • We have getrandom at home
    8 projects | /r/rust | 11 Mar 2023
    Completely agreed. This isn't in that context at all, though yes, the joke post title may not make that clear.
    8 projects | /r/rust | 11 Mar 2023
    The crypto source in Go is great, no complaints there. Lints like gosec even recommend using it when generating crypto entropy. Go did a good job here, and I expect Rust will do the same sometime after getrandom reaches 1.0 so the API questions are settled, plus whatever makes sense for the future-proofing the standard library needs.
    8 projects | /r/rust | 11 Mar 2023
    Why can't the standard library do the same thing that getrandom does? I've read a ton of threads about getrandom design choices, but since I wasn't looking for this kind of target, I guess I missed the whole thing.
  • Fellow Rust enthusiasts: What "sucks" about Rust?
    25 projects | /r/rust | 10 Mar 2023
    I would wait for the getrandom crate to reach 1.0, which will answer many of the questions around what an API like this can look like, and then maybe the standard library discussion will be on firmer footing because at least we'll know what API we want to immortalize. Rushing that now just to save people importing a small crate does not seem to be the way to go.
  • Alea: fast and easy random number generation in Rust
    4 projects | /r/rust | 19 Jul 2021
    getrandom
  • Why I rewrote my Rust keyboard firmware in Zig: consistency, mastery, and fun
    3 projects | /r/programming | 7 Mar 2021
    It's a default, but overwritable behavior, see the #[path] attribute. You still have to create N files for each supported platform, but at the top level you will see only one module. On of the crates which uses this approach in practice is getrandom.
  • String, Vec<T>, Box<T>, Rc<T>... could be moved from alloc to core
    2 projects | /r/rust | 11 Feb 2021
    IIUC the main problem which prevents from moving HashMap & co to alloc is lack of API to get system entropy which is required for DOS protection. Ideally we would have a #[global_allocator]-like functionality for retrieving system entropy. Relevant issue: https://github.com/rust-random/getrandom/issues/21

What are some alternatives?

When comparing ziglings and getrandom you can also consider the following projects:

awesome-zig

Rustlings - :crab: Small exercises to get you used to reading and writing Rust code!

zig - General-purpose programming language and toolchain for maintaining robust, optimal, and reusable software.

nrf-hal - A Rust HAL for the nRF family of devices

rust-koans - Koans for the Rust programming language

xtensa-zig - Zig built against xtensa fork of LLVM for targetting ESP32

STL - MSVC's implementation of the C++ Standard Library.

cargo-geiger - Detects usage of unsafe Rust in a Rust crate and its dependencies.

TinyGo - Go compiler for small places. Microcontrollers, WebAssembly (WASM/WASI), and command-line tools. Based on LLVM.

rust - Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.

node - Node.js JavaScript runtime ✨🐢🚀✨

zephyr - Primary Git Repository for the Zephyr Project. Zephyr is a new generation, scalable, optimized, secure RTOS for multiple hardware architectures.