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24 alternatives to Crabz – A fast, cross platform, multi-format, tool inspired by pigz

Like pigz, but rust. Contribute to sstadick/crabz development by creating an account on GitHub.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. Crabz – A fast, cross platform, multi-format, tool inspired by pigz launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Like pigz, but rust. Contribute to sstadick/crabz development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    :crab: 464b rust binary on windows. Contribute to mcountryman/min-sized-rust-windows development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Common rust command-line macros and utilities, to write shell-script like tasks in a clean, natural and rusty way - rust-shell-script/rust_cmd_lib

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Tauri▲214

    An Electron alternative written in Rust

    2022 · tauri.app · its alternatives →

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    Layout is a rust library and a tool that renders Graphviz dot files. - nadavrot/layout

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Rust but LISP. Contribute to ThatXliner/rust-but-lisp development by creating an account on GitHub.

    May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN, (First time poster!) I'm the author of `lstr`. I've always loved the classic Linux `tree` command for its simplicity, but I often found myself wanting more modern features like interactivity and Git integration. So, I decided to build my own version in Rust with a philosophy of being fast, minimalist, and interactive. It was also an excuse to help learn more about Rust\! Here's a quick look at the interactive mode: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bgreenwell/lstr/main/asset... I've just released v0.2.0 with some features I think this community might find…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Rust Starter Project. Contribute to rust-starter/rust-starter development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Godot-based Rust multi-PTY emulator desktop application - godot-pty/gpty

    Sep 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    To try it out, simply build the project yourself from source, or use attached bootable ISO image of the system (in Releases on Github) and run it in QEMU. https://blog.vxn.dev/rou2exos-rusted-edition

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A toy ray tracer in Rust. Contribute to Twinklebear/tray_rust development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I've been working on Shelgon, a framework that lets you build your own custom REPL shells and interactive CLI applications in Rust. You can use Shelgon to: - Create a custom shell with only a few lines of code - Build interactive debugging tools with persistent state between commands - Develop domain-specific language interpreters with shell-like interfaces - Add REPL capabilities to existing applications Getting started is straightforward - implement a single trait that handles your command execution logic, and Shelgon takes care of the terminal UI, input handling, and async runtime…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Expose your local web server to the internet with a public URL

    2020 · tunnelto.dev · its alternatives →

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    Cross-compile software using our pre-built toolchains

    2024 · rstream.io · its alternatives →

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    compile rust code into memes. Contribute to mattsse/cargo-memex development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    An ultra-fast, single-binary MCP server written in Rust as a lightweight alternative to Node.js/Python. - StamManif/mcp-stama

    Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    🃏 A distributed unique ID generator inspired by Twitter's Snowflake. - bahlo/sonyflake-rs

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    "Game" is a stretch, but I put together this repo containing a pure Rust app which uses SDL2 and compiles to WASM (and can be run in a browser). Older resources were a bit out of date and a bit too verbose for my purposes, so here's a minimal working example.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Keep your Cheerio code. Make it faster.

    4d ago · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Unit testing framework for developing cross-platform Bash unit tests - bach-sh/bach

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Made an ARM Thumb CPU from scratch in a digital circuit simulator for fun and decided to push the joke a little further and run real stuff on it, like a Web server, a Scheme interpreter, a MIDI player, and a VT100 emulator. This is basically a how-did-we-get-here blogpost, it's my second one of this kind, I'd love any feedback you might have.

    2022 · zdimension.fr · its alternatives →

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    ⚡ A cross-platform multi-target dotfiles manager. Contribute to Shemnei/punktf development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Aspiring vim-like text editor. Contribute to mathall/rim development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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