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Rust Coreutils 0.4 Boosts GNU Compatibility to 85% (linuxiac.com)
submitted 1 week ago by cm0002@futurology.today to c/linux@programming.dev
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The Rust Coreutils project, which aims to provide a full, modern Rust implementation of the GNU Core Utilities — the essential command-line tools found on every Linux and Unix-like operating system — has announced the release of version 0.4.

Notably, the project’s growing maturity has already led to real-world adoption in some Linux distros, such as Ubuntu 25.10 “Questing Quokka” and AerynOS, both of which now utilize Rust Coreutils for select system utilities.

Version 0.4 brings this release a step closer to achieving full GNU Coreutils compatibility. According to devs, the latest test results show 544 passing tests, up from 532 in the previous 0.3 release — an increase that raises total compatibility to 85.8%, while failures dropped from 68 to 56.

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[–] trevor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 1 week ago (15 children)

The detractors of this project portray it like it's a far-off pipe dream to be a drop-in replacement for GNUtils. Meanwhile, it's still a relatively young project that already has 85% compatibility. I think we can do it. Lol.

[–] HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 1 week ago (6 children)

My only issue is the permissive license, but I'm still hope they do well :3

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