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A curated list of replacements for existing software written in Rust

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BurntSushi/ripgrep

ripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting your gitignore

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Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#cli #command-line #command-line-tool #gitignore #grep #recursively-search

Updated: 2026-06-05
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2016-02-27
License: Unlicense
Issues: 201 open

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Forks: 2,598
Commits: 2,216 commits
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alacritty/alacritty

A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator.

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Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#bsd #gpu #linux #macos #opengl #rust

Updated: 2026-06-16
Lists: 6 list mentions
First commit: 2016-02-21
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 340 open

64,618

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Forks: 3,493
Commits: 2,487 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +5 0.0%
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sharkdp/bat

A cat(1) clone with wings.

Stack

Rust Cargo CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#cli #command-line #git #hacktoberfest #rust #syntax-highlighting

Updated: 2026-06-17
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2018-04-21
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 402 open

59,332

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Forks: 1,567
Commits: 3,930 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +26 0.0%
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starship/starship

☄🌌️ The minimal, blazing-fast, and infinitely customizable prompt for any shell!

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Rust Vite Vue Cargo npm

GitHub topics

#bash #fish #fish-prompt #fish-theme #oh-my-zsh #powershell

Updated: 2026-06-18
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2019-04-02
License: ISC
Issues: 1,019 open

58,393

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Forks: 2,560
Commits: 4,293 commits
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sharkdp/fd

A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find'

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Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#cli #command-line #filesystem #hacktoberfest #regex #rust

Updated: 2026-06-18
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2017-05-09
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 175 open

43,394

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Forks: 1,070
Commits: 1,942 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
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nushell/nushell

A new type of shell

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Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#nushell #rust #shell

Updated: 2026-06-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-05-10
License: MIT
Issues: 1,436 open

39,767

stars

Forks: 2,160
Commits: 11,531 commits
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ajeetdsouza/zoxide

A smarter cd command. Supports all major shells.

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Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#autojump #bash #cli #command-line #command-line-tool #elvish

Updated: 2026-05-21
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2020-03-05
License: MIT
Issues: 154 open

37,538

stars

Forks: 832
Commits: 601 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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dandavison/delta

A syntax-highlighting pager for git, diff, grep, rg --json, and blame output

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Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#color-themes #delta #diff #git #git-delta #pager

Updated: 2026-03-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-06-23
License: MIT
Issues: 390 open

31,173

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Forks: 537
Commits: 2,176 commits
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sharkdp/hyperfine

A command-line benchmarking tool

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Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#benchmark #cli #command-line #rust #terminal #tool

Updated: 2026-04-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-01-13
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 99 open

28,337

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Forks: 488
Commits: 1,018 commits
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ogham/exa

A modern replacement for ‘ls’.

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#command-line #files #ls #rust

Updated: 2024-09-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-05-03
License: MIT
Issues: 213 open

24,430

stars

Forks: 656
Commits: 1,618 commits
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uutils/coreutils

Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#busybox #command-line-tool #coreutils #cross-platform #gnu-coreutils #rust

Updated: 2026-06-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-08-02
License: MIT
Issues: 1,096 open

23,639

stars

Forks: 1,922
Commits: 19,651 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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gitui-org/gitui

Blazing 💥 fast terminal-ui for git written in rust 🦀

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#async #bash #command-line-interface #command-line-tool #git #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-06-16
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2020-03-15
License: MIT
Issues: 346 open

22,137

stars

Forks: 738
Commits: 2,615 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +15 +0.1%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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denisidoro/navi

An interactive cheatsheet tool for the command-line

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Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#bash #cheatsheets #cli #command-line #rust #shell

Updated: 2026-04-13
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2019-09-20
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 112 open

17,255

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Forks: 553
Commits: 1,070 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +5 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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lsd-rs/lsd

The next gen ls command

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Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#color #hacktoberfest #icons #ls #nerd-fonts #rust

Updated: 2026-06-03
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2018-11-12
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 192 open

16,080

stars

Forks: 503
Commits: 1,115 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +6 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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XAMPPRocky/tokei

Count your code, quickly.

Stack

Rust Cargo .NET SDK Meson

GitHub topics

#badge #cli #cloc #code #command-line-tool #linux

Updated: 2026-05-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-05-26
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

14,590

stars

Forks: 683
Commits: 1,115 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
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LemmyNet/lemmy

🐀 A decentralised discussion platform for communities.

Stack

Rust Actix Web Express Cargo pnpm

GitHub topics

#activitypub #chat #fediverse #lemmy #link-aggregator #reddit

Updated: 2026-06-16
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2019-02-14
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 122 open

14,448

stars

Forks: 954
Commits: 5,800 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +10 +0.1%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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ClementTsang/bottom

Yet another cross-platform graphical process/system monitor.

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Rust Cargo pip

GitHub topics

#bottom #btm #cli #cross-platform #monitoring #rust

Updated: 2026-06-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-08-28
License: MIT
Issues: 111 open

13,585

stars

Forks: 350
Commits: 2,511 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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Canop/broot

A new way to see and navigate directory trees : https://dystroy.org/broot

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#balanced-bfs-descent #command-line #command-line-tool #fuzzy-search #hacktoberfest #linux

Updated: 2026-06-16
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2018-11-15
License: MIT
Issues: 245 open

12,749

stars

Forks: 295
Commits: 2,004 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +11 +0.1%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +4 +0.2%

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sharkdp/hexyl

A command-line hex viewer

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#binary-data #command-line #hexadecimal #rust #tool

Updated: 2026-04-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-11-05
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 41 open

10,203

stars

Forks: 265
Commits: 490 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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ducaale/xh

Friendly and fast tool for sending HTTP requests

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#api-testing #cli #developer-tools #http-client #rust #terminal

Updated: 2026-06-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-09-10
License: MIT
Issues: 36 open

7,870

stars

Forks: 130
Commits: 1,845 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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youki-dev/youki

A container runtime written in Rust

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#containers #docker #kubernetes #oci #rust

Updated: 2026-06-19
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2021-03-27
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 135 open

7,454

stars

Forks: 442
Commits: 5,880 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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chmln/sd

Intuitive find & replace CLI (sed alternative)

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#cli #command-line #regex #rust #terminal #text-processing

Updated: 2026-02-25
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2018-12-23
License: MIT
Issues: 69 open

7,205

stars

Forks: 161
Commits: 336 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +12 +0.2%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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skim-rs/skim

Fuzzy Finder in rust!

AI dev

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#fuzzyfinder #rust #skim

Updated: 2026-06-17
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2016-05-29
License: MIT
Issues: 11 open

6,856

stars

Forks: 251
Commits: 1,645 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +6 +0.1%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +5 +0.3%

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ogham/dog

A command-line DNS client.

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#client #command-line #dns #rust

Updated: 2024-05-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-04-25
License: EUPL-1.2
Issues: 78 open

6,668

stars

Forks: 208
Commits: 201 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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tealdeer-rs/tealdeer

A very fast implementation of tldr in Rust.

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#hacktoberfest #rust #tldr

Updated: 2026-05-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-12-29
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 24 open

6,342

stars

Forks: 152
Commits: 571 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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dalance/procs

A modern replacement for ps written in Rust

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#cli #process #rust

Updated: 2026-06-16
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2019-01-28
License: MIT
Issues: 33 open

6,115

stars

Forks: 144
Commits: 2,195 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +1 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +4 +0.2%

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libreddit/libreddit

Private front-end for Reddit

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#docker #front-end #privacy #reddit #rust #security

Updated: 2025-02-15
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2020-10-25
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 197 open

5,191

stars

Forks: 253
Commits: 958 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: -1 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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jmacdonald/amp

A complete text editor for your terminal.

AI dev

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#rust #terminal #text-editor #vim

Updated: 2026-06-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-02-01
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 94 open

4,082

stars

Forks: 109
Commits: 1,297 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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rslint/rslint

A (WIP) Extremely fast JavaScript and TypeScript linter and Rust crate

Stack

Rust Cargo npm

GitHub topics

#javascript #javascript-linter #linter #parallel #parser #rust

Updated: 2023-03-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-04-07
License: MIT
Issues: 40 open

2,722

stars

Forks: 79
Commits: 423 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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fcsonline/drill

Drill is an HTTP load testing application written in Rust

Stack

Rust Express Cargo npm

GitHub topics

#http #jmeter #performance #performance-testing #rust #tester

Updated: 2026-06-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-05-18
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 36 open

2,292

stars

Forks: 116
Commits: 324 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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ms-jpq/sad

CLI search and replace | Space Age seD

Stack

Rust Cargo pip

GitHub topics

#cli #command-line #diff #editing #fzf #rust

Updated: 2026-05-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-05-07
License: MIT
Issues: 28 open

2,038

stars

Forks: 28
Commits: 2,089 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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facebookincubator/fastmod

A fast partial replacement for the codemod tool. Assists with large-scale codebase refactors via regex-based find and replace with human oversight and occasional intervention.

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#cli #command-line #command-line-tool #find-and-replace #replace #rust

Updated: 2026-04-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-04-18
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 16 open

1,912

stars

Forks: 55
Commits: 78 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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oreboot/oreboot

oreboot is a fork of coreboot, with C removed, written in Rust.

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#bootloader #firmware #hacktoberfest #linux #oreboot #os

Updated: 2026-05-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2003-04-15
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 64 open

1,793

stars

Forks: 113
Commits: 29,213 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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yamafaktory/jql

A JSON Query Language CLI tool

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#cargo #cli #devops-tools #json #rust #rustlang

Updated: 2026-03-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-09-02
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 2 open

1,671

stars

Forks: 31
Commits: 577 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
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orhun/systeroid

A more powerful alternative to sysctl(8) with a terminal user interface 🐧

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#hacktoberfest #kernel-parameters #linux #linux-kernel #linux-tools #procfs

Updated: 2026-01-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-09-24
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 12 open

1,456

stars

Forks: 28
Commits: 661 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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willdoescode/nat

`ls` alternative with useful info and a splash of color 🎨

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#cargo #cli #command-line-tool #easy-to-use #hacktoberfest #ls

Updated: 2021-05-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-10-22
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

1,264

stars

Forks: 29
Commits: 233 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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oppiliappan/eva

a calculator REPL, similar to bc(1)

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#calculator #cli #hacktoberfest #rust

Updated: 2025-07-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-02-24
License: MIT
Issues: 13 open

908

stars

Forks: 33
Commits: 198 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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sstadick/hck

A sharp cut(1) clone.

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#command-line #rust #text-processing

Updated: 2026-06-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-06-23
License: Unlicense
Issues: 6 open

740

stars

Forks: 18
Commits: 223 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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TaKO8Ki/frum

A little bit fast and modern Ruby version manager written in Rust

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#farm #rbenv #ruby #rust #version-manager

Updated: 2022-05-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-03-08
License: MIT
Issues: 36 open

654

stars

Forks: 13
Commits: 193 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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ismaelgv/rnr

A command-line tool to batch rename files and directories

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#rename-files #rust

Updated: 2026-03-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-07-11
License: MIT
Issues: 12 open

586

stars

Forks: 19
Commits: 278 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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jdrouet/mrml

Implementation of mjml in rust

Stack

HTML Axum React Vite Cargo npm PEP 517

GitHub topics

#email #hacktoberfest #mjml #rust

Updated: 2026-06-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-05-10
License: MIT
Issues: 20 open

486

stars

Forks: 40
Commits: 1,071 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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pleco-rs/Pleco

A Rust-based re-write of the Stockfish Chess Engine

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#ai #board #bot #chess #chess-engine #crates

Updated: 2026-02-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-05-12
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 11 open

431

stars

Forks: 44
Commits: 683 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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koraa/huniq

Filter out duplicates on the command line. Replacement for `sort | uniq` optimized for speed (10x faster) when sorting is not needed.

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#cli #rust #tools

Updated: 2024-01-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-01-12
License: Unknown
Issues: 10 open

265

stars

Forks: 12
Commits: 63 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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getreu/stringsext

Find multi-byte-encoded strings in binary data (Gitlab mirror).

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#forensics #rust #string-search #unicode

Updated: 2024-10-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-11-26
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 3 open

131

stars

Forks: 9
Commits: 206 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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