README.md

awesome-rust-cli

This list provides an overview of CLI tools, where Rust shines. 🌞 It is intended for non-language specific use cases, where either correctness inclusive or performance is essential. Installation instructions after searching are here and here.

Feel free to send pull requests.

Credits to @kreteshq for zoxide, rmesg, bandwhich and @ghuls for broot, git-interactive-rebase-tool.

Daily usage

Name	crates.io	Explanation	Source	Command
bat	bat	cat with syntax support, git modifications	bat	bat
bottom	bottom	htop	bottom	btm
dust	du-dust	du	dust	du
exa	exa	ls	exa	exa
fd	fd-find	find	fd	fd
hck	hck	cut with decompression, column reordering and regex as delimiter	hck	hck
hyperfine	hyperfine	cli benchmarking	hyperfine	hyperfine
kalk	kalk_cli	formula calculator with types and type conversions	kalk	kalk
procs	procs	top	procs	procs
rink	rink	unit-aware calculator with dimensionality analysis	rink	rink
ripgrep	ripgrep	grep	ripgrep	rg
sd	sd	sed	sd	sd
starship	starship	shell customization	starship	use shims
tokei	tokei	LOC counting	tokei	tokei
watchexec	watchexec	Executes commands in response to file modifications	watchexec	watchexec
yazi	yazi-fm	terminal file manager	yazi	yazi
zellij	zellij	tmux with WASM plugins	zellij	zellij
zoxide	zoxide	autojumper	zoxide	z

Frequent usage

Name	crates.io	Explanation	Source	Command
bandwhich	bandwhich	network utizilation	bandwhich	bandwhich
grex	grex	regex building tool	grex	grex
mdBook	mdBook	Markdown -> book (other backends: pdf,latex,epub.)	mdBook	mdbook
rmesg	rmesg	dmesg Kernel logs	rmesg	rmesg
tin-summer	tin-summer	rm build artefcats	tin-summer	sn
just	just	make alternative	just	just
xsv	xsv	csv swiss army knife	xsv	xsv
unf	unf	replace anti-unix characters	unf	unf
navi	navi	cheatsheet+launcher cli	navi	navi
skim	skim	fuzzy finder	skim	use shims
difftastic	difftastic	syntax aware structural diff	difftastic	difft