Rust tools — altbox

bat

A cat clone with syntax highlighting, Git integration, and automatic paging.

Alternative to cat MIT license Works with JSON Works with Markdown Works with YAML
cw

A fast replacement for wc that counts words, lines, characters and bytes, with multi-threaded support.

Alternative to wc MIT license
dust

A more intuitive version of du that shows which directories are using disk space.

Alternative to du Apache-2.0 license
exa

A modern replacement for ls with colour, Git integration, and a tree view.

Alternative to ls MIT license
eza

file-listing tool with colors, handling for symlinks and Git, and more

Alternative to ls EUPL-1.2 license
fd

Simple, fast, and user-friendly alternative to find.

Alternative to find MIT license
gping

ping, but with a graph

Alternative to ping MIT license
lsd

The next generation ls command, with colour coding and special font icons.

Alternative to ls Apache-2.0 license
mdcat

Renders Markdown to the terminal with syntax highlighting and inline images.

Alternative to cat MPL-2.0 license Works with Markdown
rip

Command-line deletion tool focused on safety, ergonomics, and performance.

Alternative to rm GPL-3.0 license
ripgrep

Extremely fast line-oriented search tool that respects .gitignore rules.

Alternative to grep MIT license

Tools written in Rust