Reimplementing key part of operating systems in Rust
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| Github | https://github.com/uutils/ |
| Rust Coreutils | https://github.com/uutils/coreutils |
| Rust find | https://github.com/uutils/findutils/ |
| Website | https://uutils.github.io/ |
uutils findutils 0.9.0 is out! 🦀
We now have early `locate` and `updatedb`, because apparently finding files with `find` was not confusing enough!
Also: `-ok/-okdir`, better `xargs`, benchmarks, and 83.28% GNU test suite compatibility.
When your side COVID hobby project to learn Rust ends up behind Microsoft’s CEO @satyanadella at Build 2026…
Maybe you did something right? 😅
Great moment for Uutils, Rust, and open source!
https://www.youtube.com/live/5-BQsmVOk_g?si=NOLsmj389xrk3zzH&t=587
https://github.com/microsoft/coreutils
As part of shipping Coreutils for Windows, Microsoft contributed `grep` to uutils: https://github.com/uutils/grep/
You can already try it in the uutils playground — banana included 🍌
https://uutils.github.io/playground/?cmd=printf%20%27%F0%9F%8D%8E%20apple%5Cn%F0%9F%8D%8C%20banana%5Cn%F0%9F%8D%92%20cherry%5Cn%F0%9F%A5%9D%20kiwi%5Cn%27%20%7C%20grep%20%F0%9F%8D%8C
Exciting to see Microsoft using uutils as the basis for Coreutils for Windows.
https://github.com/microsoft/coreutils
https://www.theverge.com/news/941314/microsoft-windows-11-developer-optimized-experience-linux
Bringing cross-platform, Rust-based coreutils to more developers is exactly why this project exists: familiar Unix tools, native performance, and excellent implementation foundations.
Welcome, Windows developers 👋
uutils coreutils 0.9.0 is out!
This release brings, once more, GNU compatibility fixes, performance improvements, platform support enhancements, and continued progress toward a fully Rust-powered coreutils implementation.
A huge thanks to all contributors who helped make this release happen. ❤️
Release notes: https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.9.0
Security advisories: https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/security/advisories for the previous releases!
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS just shipped with uutils Coreutils 🚀
A huge milestone: Rust-based core utilities are now the default for most commands, after a full cycle of real-world testing, security audits and terrific collaborations!
Excited by what’s next!
Today the #Ubuntu Foundations team posted an update on our progress toward 100% uutils coreutils adoption in Ubuntu.
As we stand for the release of 26.04 LTS, all utils except `cp`, `mv` and `rm` will be using uutils by default, with those remaining to be moved across early in the 26.10 cycle.
I'd like to acknowledge the huge amount of work that @sylvestre and the wider @uutils project put into this, and the collaboration with us and our partners on the security auditing and fixes.
Onwards!
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/an-update-on-rust-coreutils/80773
This is a follow-up to Jon’s original post on Carefully (but purposefully) oxidising Ubuntu and Julian’s migration spec for 25.10. We promised transparency throughout this process, and this post is written in that spirit. What happened after the announcement Following the decision to adopt rust-coreutils, we got to work. Any package shipped by default in Ubuntu must be promoted to Ubuntu Main, which requires passing a thorough security review. We quickly assembled an internal team spanning Ubun...
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Jon Seager