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    Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils

    mobile
    busybox
    command-line-tool
    coreutils
    cross-platform
    gnu-coreutils
    Rust
    MIT
    24.2K stars
    2.1K forks
    24.2K GitHub watchers
    Updated Oct 15, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    Ranks #483 of 2,503 repositories GStars tracks this week (top 19%).

    3 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 28 days ago, with 384 contributors on GitHub.

    The biggest single-day gain in the last year, +183 stars on Sep 17, coincided with release 0.12.0.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Reimplements GNU coreutils in Rust for cross-platform command-line utilities.
    • Ensures consistent behavior and compatibility across Linux, macOS, Windows, and other platforms.
    • Use for replacing GNU coreutils in Rust-based environments requiring cross-platform support.
    • Use for building portable shell scripts that run identically on multiple operating systems.
    • Use for developers seeking a modern, safe, and maintainable alternative to traditional coreutils.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present
    • Code of conduct: present

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    From the README

    uutils coreutils is a cross-platform reimplementation of the GNU coreutils in Rust. While all programs have been implemented, some options might be missing or different behavior might be experienced.

    uutils aims to be a drop-in replacement for the GNU utils. Differences with GNU are treated as bugs.

    uutils aims to work on as many platforms as possible, to be able to use the same utils on Linux, macOS, Windows and other platforms. This ensures, for example, that scripts can be easily transferred between platforms.

    uutils has both user and developer documentation available:

    Both can also be generated locally, the instructions for that can be found in the coreutils docs repository.

    Excerpt from the uutils/coreutils README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Aug 8: +6Aug 31: +9Sep 1: +2Sep 16: +26Sep 17: +183Sep 18: -157Sep 23: +7Sep 24: +14Sep 25: +9Sep 26: +5Sep 27: +5Sep 28: +11

    +453 stars over 90 days across 20 snapshot days; best day +183 on Sep 17.

    Forks

    2.1K+132

    Open issues

    1.2K+22

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