GNU recutils
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5recommend
0warn against
Dec 14, 2025first mention
Aug 31, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Anyone who doesn't know of recfiles is doomed to reimplement it(poorly).”
“You should've used recutils probably”
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“I am interested to hear what your thoughts on recutils are”
“I use the .rec format whenever I want a database maintained in git/github.”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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All comments 6
“Anyone who doesn't know of recfiles is doomed to reimplement it(poorly).”
“You should've used recutils probably”
“I am interested to hear what your thoughts on recutils are”
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“I love recutils.”
“I use the .rec format whenever I want a database maintained in git/github.”