Rust Ecosystem
Modern CLI tools, task runners, and web frameworks written in Rust.
| Tool |
Replaces |
Why |
| ripgrep (rg) |
grep |
Ultra-fast recursive search, respects .gitignore |
| fd |
find |
Simple syntax, smart defaults, gitignore-aware |
| bat |
cat |
Syntax highlighting, line numbers, Git integration |
| eza |
ls |
Colors, icons, Git status (actively maintained exa successor) |
| zoxide |
cd |
Smart autojump—learns your most-used directories |
| dust |
du |
Intuitive disk usage visualization |
| delta |
diff |
Beautiful Git diffs with syntax highlighting |
| just |
make |
Modern task runner—simple syntax, no .PHONY nonsense |
| hyperfine |
time |
Statistical benchmarking with warmup runs and comparisons |
| starship |
prompt |
Blazing-fast, highly customizable cross-shell prompt |
Web Frameworks & Runtime
| Resource |
Description |
| Axum |
Ergonomic web framework from the Tokio team—fastest growing in adoption |
| Actix Web |
Maximum performance—consistently tops web framework benchmarks |
| Loco |
Rails-like framework—batteries included for rapid development |
| Tokio |
Async runtime foundation—powers most of the Rust async ecosystem |