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[$] Rewriting essential Linux packages in Rust
Most Linux systems depend on a suite of core utilities that the https://www.gnu.org/
started development on
decades ago and are, of course, written in C. At https://fosdem.org/2025/
, Sylvestre Ledru
made the case in <a href="https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-6196-rewriting-the-future-of-the-linux-essential-packages-in-rust-/"; rel="nofollow">his
main stage talk</a> that modern systems require safer, more
maintainable tools. Over the past few years, Ledru has led the charge
of rewriting the <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/"; rel="nofollow">GNU
Core Utilities</a> (coreutils) in Rust, as the MIT-licensed https://github.com/uutils/
project. The goal is to
offer what he said are more secure, and more performant drop-in
replacements for the tools Linux users depend on. At FOSDEM, Ledru
announced that the uutils project is setting its sights even
higher.
https://lwn.net/Articles/1007907/
Most Linux systems depend on a suite of core utilities that the https://www.gnu.org/
started development on
decades ago and are, of course, written in C. At https://fosdem.org/2025/
, Sylvestre Ledru
made the case in <a href="https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-6196-rewriting-the-future-of-the-linux-essential-packages-in-rust-/"; rel="nofollow">his
main stage talk</a> that modern systems require safer, more
maintainable tools. Over the past few years, Ledru has led the charge
of rewriting the <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/"; rel="nofollow">GNU
Core Utilities</a> (coreutils) in Rust, as the MIT-licensed https://github.com/uutils/
project. The goal is to
offer what he said are more secure, and more performant drop-in
replacements for the tools Linux users depend on. At FOSDEM, Ledru
announced that the uutils project is setting its sights even
higher.
https://lwn.net/Articles/1007907/