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Top 23 Rust Command-line Projects
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ripgrep
ripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting your gitignore
Project mention: Stop struggling with Rust CLI tool installs: the only guide you need (Mac, Linux, Windows) | dev.to | 2025-06-19ripgrep GitHub Fast alternative to grep
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Project mention: Digging Through Linux: Must-Know Tools for File and Content Searches | dev.to | 2025-04-30
fd GitHub
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Apparently it is a thing.
https://github.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide
Well I never.
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Benchmarking tool: hyperfine
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Project mention: Stop struggling with Rust CLI tool installs: the only guide you need (Mac, Linux, Windows) | dev.to | 2025-06-19
eza GitHub Modern replacement for ls
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Project mention: Show HN: Empty Enter Expander – Type less in the terminal with this tool | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-04-25
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Seems unfair. Version 4 was almost 3 years ago and and I can't recall any issue in that time.
Major versions have good quality migration guides. If only all libraries were developed with such professionalism.
https://github.com/clap-rs/clap/blob/v4.5.0/CHANGELOG.md
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Originally, I was looking for a way to open files from broot file manager. By design, broot pauses while the file is opened - so it is not particularly comfortable (I mean, possible) to open several files at once. But we can instruct broot to open files with an arbitrary script, in which we can run target command in a background (see nohup and disown at the bottom).
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Perhaps interesting (for some) to note that hyperfine is from the same author as at least a few other "ne{w,xt} generation" command line tools (that could maybe be seen as part of "rewrite it in Rust", but I don't want to paint the author with a brush they disagree with!!): fd (find alternative; https://github.com/sharkdp/fd), bat ("supercharged version of the cat command"; https://github.com/sharkdp/bat), and hexyl (hex viewer; https://github.com/sharkdp/hexyl). (And certainly others I've missed!)
Pointing this out because I myself appreciate comments that do this.
For myself, `fd` is the one most incorporated into my own "toolbox" -- used it this morning prior to seeing this thread on hyperfine! So, thanks for all that, sharkdp if you're reading!
Ok, end OT-ness.
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The amazing ast-grep tool does not support vue and scss by default but can be configured to do so.
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Using dufs:
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websocat
Command-line client for WebSockets, like netcat (or curl) for ws:// with advanced socat-like functions
Having both Worker and Durable Object in place, you can now try running the application (wrangler dev) and connecting to the Websocket route /ws with a Websocket client like websocat: websocat --verbose ws://localhost:8787/ws You should see a response like this indicating that the connection has been established succesfully:
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[1]: https://github.com/svenstaro/miniserve
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There is sd, not a drop in replacement though.
https://github.com/chmln/sd
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Project mention: Watchfiles: Simple, modern and fast file watching for Python, written in Rust | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-07-08
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code2prompt
A CLI tool to convert your codebase into a single LLM prompt with source tree, prompt templating, and token counting.
Project mention: Revolutionizing LLM Interactions: Code2Prompt – Your Code's New AI Assistant | dev.to | 2025-06-29View the Project on GitHub
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NOTE:
The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars.
The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Command-line projects in Rust? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ripgrep | 54,237 |
| 2 | bat | 53,804 |
| 3 | fd | 38,982 |
| 4 | zoxide | 28,560 |
| 5 | hyperfine | 25,786 |
| 6 | exa | 24,076 |
| 7 | eza | 16,711 |
| 8 | navi | 16,045 |
| 9 | clap-rs | 15,371 |
| 10 | gping | 11,797 |
| 11 | broot | 11,608 |
| 12 | onefetch | 11,071 |
| 13 | hexyl | 9,751 |
| 14 | ast-grep | 9,432 |
| 15 | oha | 8,709 |
| 16 | dufs | 8,579 |
| 17 | websocat | 7,887 |
| 18 | miniserve | 6,893 |
| 19 | sd | 6,427 |
| 20 | dog | 6,364 |
| 21 | watchexec | 6,232 |
| 22 | code2prompt | 6,163 |
| 23 | pastel | 5,802 |
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