# uutils/coreutils

> Cross-platform Rust reimplementation of GNU coreutils: a set of basic Unix utilities (cat, ls, rm, etc.) that behave the same on Linux, macOS, Windows and WASI.

- Magnitude: 1.4 out of 10 — Steady
- Stars: 24,196 total · +1 star on 2026-09-28 (UTC), ≈ 4 by evening
- Star trust: star growth looks organic
- Category: Developer tools · Language: Rust · License: MIT · Created: 2013-08-02 · Last push: 2026-09-28
- GitHub: https://github.com/uutils/coreutils · Homepage: https://uutils.org · Page: https://gitnova.dev/en/r/uutils/coreutils

## Useful for

- Build a multicall coreutils binary to use the same utilities on Windows and Linux
- Replace GNU coreutils in a distro or container with the Rust version using the same flags
- Build only selected utilities (e.g. base32, cat, echo, rm) via cargo features

## Why it’s here

- 1 star so far today, about 4 expected by the end of the day.
- Hacker News: “Rust coreutils acknowledges copying of GNU GPL code” — 7 points, 10 days ago.

## Star trust

Star growth looks organic.

Star-trust labels are heuristics based on the repository’s behavior, not a check of every stargazer.

## Numbers

- Forks: 2,065
- Issues and pull requests: 14,723
- Watchers: 194
- Average over the last week: 8 per day
- Usual pace: 8 per day
- Latest release: 0.12.0 (2026-09-17)

## Stars per day, last 30 days (oldest → newest, today is partial)

2026-10-04 … 2026-11-02: None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None

## Magnitude by day, last 13 days

09-16 4.0, 09-17 5.5, 09-18 2.7, 09-19 2.0, 09-20 1.7, 09-21 1.6, 09-22 1.6, 09-23 1.8, 09-24 1.8, 09-25 1.7, 09-26 1.4, 09-27 1.4, 09-28 1.5

## Hacker News

- Rust coreutils acknowledges copying of GNU GPL code — 7 points, 3 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49739745
- Rust coreutils acknowledges copying of GNU GPL code — 5 points, 1 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49892998

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Days are UTC. “So far today” is a fact; “expected by the end of the day” is a forecast.
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Data as of 2026-09-28 10:29 UTC, updated every 30 minutes.