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Categories

Text Processing Reimagined cat, grep, sed, diff — syntax highlighting, structural diffs, regex search System Utilities Process monitors, file managers, disk usage, archive tools, coreutils replacements Shells & Terminal Terminal emulators, shells, multiplexers, prompts, editors Development Tools Linters, formatters, build tools, version managers across languages Networking & Web HTTP clients, DNS lookup, bandwidth monitoring, file servers Search & Data File finders, content search, JSON/log processing, deduplication

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Data from GitHub, last fetched May 2026

• wild0.9.0May 2026
• skimv4.7.0May 2026
• Mago1.29.0May 2026
• typosv1.46.3May 2026
• misev2026.5.15May 2026

Unix → Rust

What it replaces

1. cat→

   bat

   syntax highlighting, git blame, paging built in

2. grep→

   ripgrep

   respects .gitignore by default, multi-core search

3. find→

   fd

   intuitive syntax, sensible defaults, parallel walk

4. ls→

   eza

   git status, icons, tree view in one binary

5. cd→

   zoxide

   tracks your most-used dirs and jumps there

6. diff→

   difftastic · delta

   structural diffs that understand your syntax

7. du→

   dust · dua

   disk usage that's actually readable

8. top→

   bottom

   graphs, per-core stats, responsive TUI

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Built in Rust

Rust originals

Tools that don't replace a classic — new ideas built from scratch in Rust.

• angle-grinderSlice and dice logs on the command line
• baconBackground Rust code checker with live diagnostics
• binsiderInteractive ELF binary analyzer TUI
• boreSimple CLI tunnels to expose localhost publicly
• cargo-makeRust task runner and build tool with TOML-based task definitions and cross-platform support
• csvlensTerminal CSV viewer with column alignment and search
• fblogTerminal JSON log viewer with filtering
• fendUnit-aware arbitrary-precision calculator for the terminal
• fzf-makeFuzzy-find and run make targets with preview
• htmlqCSS selector-based HTML extraction, like jq for HTML
• hurlRun and test HTTP requests defined in plain text files
• jjGit-compatible VCS that's simpler and more powerful than Git
• jlessInteractive terminal JSON viewer with collapsible nodes
• jnvInteractive JSON filter with jq and live preview
• joshutoRanger-like terminal file manager
• jqlJSON query language CLI
• kondoFind and clean dependency and build artifacts across projects
• lsdls with colors and icons
• monolithSave complete web pages as a single HTML file
• mprocsRun multiple commands in parallel with a monitoring TUI
• naviInteractive cheatsheet with fuzzy search
• onefetchGit repository info summary with ASCII art and stats
• openapi-tuiView and explore OpenAPI documentation in the terminal
• oxkerTUI to view and control Docker containers
• pastelGenerate, analyze, convert, and manipulate colors from the CLI
• prekDrop-in, dependency-free pre-commit replacement; single binary with built-in monorepo support
• presentermTerminal slideshow presentations from Markdown
• ripgrep-allripgrep, but also searches inside PDFs, Office docs, and archives
• serieRich git commit graph visualization in the terminal
• spacerInsert visual spacers in piped output when data stops flowing
• sshxCollaborative live terminal sharing over the web
• typosFast source code spell checker