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Rust Coreutils 0.4 Boosts GNU Compatibility to 85% (linuxiac.com)
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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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[–] patrick@lemmy.bestiver.se -2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Rust coreutils has 17,000 commits and is 12 years old.

[–] spartanatreyu@programming.dev 5 points 2 days ago

Yeah, but it didn't get any serious development until 2021.

Check for yourself: https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/graphs/contributors