everything.rs

Do you ever feel like washing your hands after a coding session, disgusted at having to use essential Unix utilities with not the tiniest bit of Rust in them? If so, this project is for you! If not, this project is still for you, you just haven't seen the light yet. Head on over to rust-lang.org to meet your salvation.

Perhaps you've been using one of those "X Unix tool, but in Rust" things popping up everywhere. But that's not sustainable or convenient, because porting individual tools to Rust is slow, difficult work, and these individual ports often differ in behavior from the tool they were meant to replace. Most Unix tools don't have Rust ports, and many of these ports require maintenance. This repository aims to fix that.

Behold, a port of everything to Rust.

Want a drop-in Rust-powered replacement for ls or echo? everything.rs has got you covered. Now you can list directories and print strings blazing fast 🚀 , without the guilt of using a non-Rust tool! Rest assured, everything.rs will have the exact same behavior as ls or echo, but with Rust 🦀 .

Installation

Download an executable from the latest release, or, if you want hemorrhaging edge releases, download the artifact from the latest green run here.

Put it in a folder that's in your PATH and rename it to everything and you're good to go!

Usage

To use a Rusty version of ls, use

everything ls
everything ls -al # You can pass arguments too

You can use aliases to make it more convenient (e.g. alias ls=everything ls).

FAQ

How does it work?

everything.rs applies the cutting-edge technology pioneered by exec-rs to perfectly emulate any program. everything.rs does require you to have the program installed on your machine so it can better emulate it.

Does it work for more than Unix tools?

Of course! Want a Rust-powered replacement for that sluggish bash script you made? No problem, just stick an everything in front of it and use it the same way you would normally (everything <script name> <args...>).

There's no way you've ported everything. Does it actually work?

You better believe it.

What platforms does everything.rs support?

Every platform that Rust supports. Any other platform is not worth supporting.

I love it! How can I support this project?

Despite how useful this software is, I don't want any compensation for it - working on this was fun enough!