uutils coreutils
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
2recommend
1warn against
Apr 29, 2026first mention
Oct 4, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“I like the rust rewrite of the coreutls, but I HATE that they picked MIT instead of GPLv3”
“you can see those in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils. This project has also worked with GNU coreutils maintainers to add more tests over time.”
Caveats and dissent
“given uutils have acknowledged they've copied GNU GPL code.”
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Threads where it came up
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All comments 4
“given uutils have acknowledged they've copied GNU GPL code.”
“Although I could see them benefitting.”
“I like the rust rewrite of the coreutls, but I HATE that they picked MIT instead of GPLv3”
“you can see those in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils. This project has also worked with GNU coreutils maintainers to add more tests over time.”