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Tue, 09 Sep 2025 15:29:32 +0800

uutils/coreutils

uutils coreutils

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.

To install it:

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cargo install coreutils
~/.cargo/bin/coreutils

Goals

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

Our key objectives include:

Matching GNU’s output (stdout and error code) exactly
Better error messages
Providing comprehensive internationalization support (UTF-8)
Improved performances
Extensions when relevant (example: –progress)

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.

Documentation

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.

Use weblate/rust-coreutils to translate the Rust coreutils into your language.

Requirements

Rust (cargo, rustc)
GNU Make (optional)

Rust Version

uutils follows Rust’s release channels and is tested against stable, beta and nightly. The current Minimum Supported Rust Version (MSRV) is 1.85.0.

Building

There are currently two methods to build the uutils binaries: either Cargo or GNU Make.

Building the full package, including all documentation, requires both Cargo and GNU Make on a Unix platform.

For either method, we first need to fetch the repository:

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git clone https://github.com/uutils/coreutils
cd coreutils

Cargo

Building uutils using Cargo is easy because the process is the same as for every other Rust program:

`1`	`cargo build --release`

This command builds the most portable common core set of uutils into a multicall (BusyBox-type) binary, named ‘coreutils’, on most Rust-supported platforms.

Additional platform-specific uutils are often available. Building these expanded sets of uutils for a platform (on that platform) is as simple as specifying it as a feature:

cargo build --release --features macos
# or ...
cargo build --release --features windows
# or ...
cargo build --release --features unix

If you don’t want to build every utility available on your platform into the final binary, you can also specify which ones you want to build manually. For example:

`1`	`cargo build --features "base32 cat echo rm" --no-default-features`

If you don’t want to build the multicall binary and would prefer to build the utilities as individual binaries, that is also possible. Each utility is contained in its own package within the main repository, named “uu_UTILNAME”. To build individual utilities, use cargo to build just the specific packages (using the --package [aka -p] option). For example:

`1`	`cargo build -p uu_base32 -p uu_cat -p uu_echo -p uu_rm`

GNU Make

Building using make is a simple process as well.

To simply build all available utilities:

make

In release mode:

`1`	`make PROFILE=release`

To build all but a few of the available utilities:

`1`	`make SKIP_UTILS='UTILITY_1 UTILITY_2'`

To build only a few of the available utilities:

`1`	`make UTILS='UTILITY_1 UTILITY_2'`

Installation

Install with Cargo

Likewise, installing can simply be done using:

`1`	`cargo install --path . --locked`

This command will install uutils into Cargo’s bin folder (e.g. $HOME/.cargo/bin).

This does not install files necessary for shell completion or manpages. For manpages or shell completion to work, use GNU Make or see Manually install shell completions/Manually install manpages.

Install with GNU Make

To install all available utilities:

`1`	`make install`

To install using sudo switch -E must be used:

`1`	`sudo -E make install`

To install all but a few of the available utilities:

`1`	`make SKIP_UTILS='UTILITY_1 UTILITY_2' install`

To install only a few of the available utilities:

`1`	`make UTILS='UTILITY_1 UTILITY_2' install`

To install every program with a prefix (e.g. uu-echo uu-cat):

`1`	`make PROG_PREFIX=PREFIX_GOES_HERE install`

To install the multicall binary:

`1`	`make MULTICALL=y install`

Set install parent directory (default value is /usr/local):

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# DESTDIR is also supported
make PREFIX=/my/path install

Installing with make installs shell completions for all installed utilities for bash, fish and zsh. Completions for elvish and powershell can also be generated; See Manually install shell completions.

To skip installation of completions and manpages:

`1`	`make COMPLETIONS=n MANPAGES=n install`

Manually install shell completions

The coreutils binary can generate completions for the bash, elvish, fish, powershell and zsh shells. It prints the result to stdout.

The syntax is:

`1`	`cargo run completion <utility> <shell>`

So, to install completions for ls on bash to /usr/local/share/bash-completion/completions/ls, run:

`1`	`cargo run completion ls bash > /usr/local/share/bash-completion/completions/ls`

Manually install manpages

To generate manpages, the syntax is:

`1`	`cargo run manpage <utility>`

So, to install the manpage for ls to /usr/local/share/man/man1/ls.1 run:

`1`	`cargo run manpage ls > /usr/local/share/man/man1/ls.1`

Un-installation

Un-installation differs depending on how you have installed uutils. If you used Cargo to install, use Cargo to uninstall. If you used GNU Make to install, use Make to uninstall.

Uninstall with Cargo

To uninstall uutils:

`1`	`cargo uninstall coreutils`

Uninstall with GNU Make

To uninstall all utilities:

`1`	`make uninstall`

To uninstall every program with a set prefix:

`1`	`make PROG_PREFIX=PREFIX_GOES_HERE uninstall`

To uninstall the multicall binary:

`1`	`make MULTICALL=y uninstall`

To uninstall from a custom parent directory:

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# DESTDIR is also supported
make PREFIX=/my/path uninstall

GNU test suite compatibility

Below is the evolution of how many GNU tests uutils passes. A more detailed breakdown of the GNU test results of the main branch can be found in the user manual.

See https://github.com/orgs/uutils/projects/1 for the main meta bugs (many are missing).

Contributing

To contribute to uutils, please see CONTRIBUTING.

License

uutils is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details

GNU Coreutils is licensed under the GPL 3.0 or later.

openwrt

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 15:28:15 +0800

openwrt/openwrt

OpenWrt Project is a Linux operating system targeting embedded devices. Instead of trying to create a single, static firmware, OpenWrt provides a fully writable filesystem with package management. This frees you from the application selection and configuration provided by the vendor and allows you to customize the device through the use of packages to suit any application. For developers, OpenWrt is the framework to build an application without having to build a complete firmware around it; for users this means the ability for full customization, to use the device in ways never envisioned.

Sunshine!

Download

Built firmware images are available for many architectures and come with a package selection to be used as WiFi home router. To quickly find a factory image usable to migrate from a vendor stock firmware to OpenWrt, try the Firmware Selector.

OpenWrt Firmware Selector

If your device is supported, please follow the Info link to see install instructions or consult the support resources listed below.

An advanced user may require additional or specific package. (Toolchain, SDK, …) For everything else than simple firmware download, try the wiki download page:

OpenWrt Wiki Download

Development

To build your own firmware you need a GNU/Linux, BSD or macOS system (case sensitive filesystem required). Cygwin is unsupported because of the lack of a case sensitive file system.

Requirements

You need the following tools to compile OpenWrt, the package names vary between distributions. A complete list with distribution specific packages is found in the Build System Setup documentation.

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binutils bzip2 diff find flex gawk gcc-6+ getopt grep install libc-dev libz-dev
make4.1+ perl python3.7+ rsync subversion unzip which

Quickstart

Run ./scripts/feeds update -a to obtain all the latest package definitions defined in feeds.conf / feeds.conf.default
Run ./scripts/feeds install -a to install symlinks for all obtained packages into package/feeds/
Run make menuconfig to select your preferred configuration for the toolchain, target system & firmware packages.
Run make to build your firmware. This will download all sources, build the cross-compile toolchain and then cross-compile the GNU/Linux kernel & all chosen applications for your target system.

The main repository uses multiple sub-repositories to manage packages of different categories. All packages are installed via the OpenWrt package manager called opkg. If you’re looking to develop the web interface or port packages to OpenWrt, please find the fitting repository below.

LuCI Web Interface: Modern and modular interface to control the device via a web browser.
OpenWrt Packages: Community repository of ported packages.
OpenWrt Routing: Packages specifically focused on (mesh) routing.
OpenWrt Video: Packages specifically focused on display servers and clients (Xorg and Wayland).

Support Information

For a list of supported devices see the OpenWrt Hardware Database

Documentation

Support Community

Forum: For usage, projects, discussions and hardware advise.
Support Chat: Channel #openwrt on oftc.net.

Developer Community

Bug Reports: Report bugs in OpenWrt
Dev Mailing List: Send patches
Dev Chat: Channel #openwrt-devel on oftc.net.

License

OpenWrt is licensed under GPL-2.0

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coreutils

uutils/coreutils

uutils coreutils

Goals

Documentation

Requirements

Rust Version

Building

Cargo

GNU Make

Installation

Install with Cargo

Install with GNU Make

Manually install shell completions

Manually install manpages

Un-installation

Uninstall with Cargo

Uninstall with GNU Make

GNU test suite compatibility

Contributing

License

openwrt

openwrt/openwrt

Download

Development

Requirements

Quickstart

Related Repositories

Support Information

Documentation

Support Community

Developer Community

License