macOS
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Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils. Version 0.9.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#uutils-coreutils.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add uutils-coreutilsAlpine Linux edge package indexes · uutils-coreutils · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install uutils-coreutilsFedora Rawhide package metadata · uutils-coreutils · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#uutils-coreutilsnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/uu/uutils-coreutils/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S uutils-coreutilsArch Linux sync databases · uutils-coreutils · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
Windows
Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/uutils-coreutilsScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/uutils-coreutils.json · source: api.github.com
Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id uutils.coreutils -eWindows Package Manager source index · uutils.coreutils · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com
overview
Package summary
Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils
Project links
Commands and aliases
- uu-[
- uu-arch
- uu-b2sum
- uu-base32
- uu-base64
- uu-basename
- uu-basenc
- uu-cat
- uu-chgrp
- uu-chmod
- uu-chown
- uu-chroot
- uu-cksum
- uu-comm
- uu-coreutils
- uu-cp
- uu-csplit
- uu-cut
- uu-date
- uu-dd
- uu-df
- uu-dir
- uu-dircolors
- uu-dirname
- uu-du
- uu-echo
- uu-env
- uu-expand
- uu-expr
- uu-factor
- uu-false
- uu-fmt
history
Project history and usage
uutils-coreutils is the flagship uutils project: a Rust, cross-platform reimplementation of GNU coreutils intended to make standard Unix command behavior portable across Linux, macOS, Windows, BSD, WASI, and other platforms.
Project history
The GitHub repository was created in 2013 and describes the project as a cross-platform Rust rewrite of GNU coreutils. The README says all programs have been implemented, while acknowledging that some options or behaviors may still differ.
The project's public goal is compatibility rather than reinvention: it aims to be a drop-in replacement for GNU utilities, and differences from GNU are treated as bugs. The documentation also describes a shared uucore library, generated manuals, shell completions, a multicall binary, individually buildable utilities, and optional prefixed installation such as uu-echo and uu-cat.
Adoption history
uutils-coreutils moved from experiment to production adoption in the mid-2020s. The official uutils users page says Ubuntu began progressively replacing GNU coreutils with uutils, with Ubuntu 25.10 using uutils coreutils by default as real-world testing before the next LTS cycle.
The same official users page records broader adoption: Microsoft ships uutils-derived Coreutils for Windows, VS Code for the Web uses uutils coreutils compiled to WebAssembly/WASI for browser terminal commands, Redox OS uses uutils as its coreutils layer, Alpine, Debian, Fedora/EPEL, NixOS, Buildroot, Termux, ChromeOS, and macOS package-manager ecosystems all carry it in some form.
How it is used
Package users install it to get Rust implementations of familiar tools such as cat, cp, ls, rm, sort, tail, wc, and many others. Builders can choose a multicall binary, individual binaries, platform feature sets, prefixed command names, or no-prefix replacement behavior depending on distribution policy.
Why package nerds care
This is one of the rare package-manager stories where a rewrite of basic Unix plumbing became a serious distribution-level alternative to GNU coreutils. It matters to package nerds because it touches bootstrapping, licensing choices, cross-platform script portability, shell-completion/manpage generation, alternative providers, and the risk profile of replacing commands that every build script assumes.
Timeline
- 2013: uutils/coreutils repository created on GitHub.
- 2020: Earliest GitHub release in the release feed, 0.0.1.
- 2025: uutils users page records Ubuntu 25.10 shipping uutils coreutils by default.
- 2026: GitHub README lists 0.9.0 as the latest release and says uutils coreutils ships by default on Ubuntu since 25.10.
Related projects
- Related projects include GNU coreutils, BusyBox, Toybox, Redox OS, uutils findutils, uutils diffutils, uutils grep, and other uutils rewrites such as sed, tar, util-linux, procps, and shadow.
Sources
- GitHub API for uutils/coreutils repository creation date and release API for earliest release.
- https://github.com/uutils/coreutils README for goals, build/install modes, command scope, Ubuntu note, and release count.
- https://uutils.github.io/coreutils/docs/ for cross-platform documentation and uucore note.
- https://uutils.org/coreutils/ for production-ready status and goals.
- https://uutils.org/users/ for adoption by Ubuntu, Microsoft, Redox, VS Code for the Web, distributions, and package managers.
security posture
Risk level: blue
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
Risk classifier
blue risk · medium confidence · tool
Why
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
Signals
- text:sync
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
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uu-arch | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-b2sum | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-base32 | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-base64 | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-basename | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-basenc | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-cat | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-chgrp | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-chmod | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-chown | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-chroot | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-cksum | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-comm | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-coreutils | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-cp | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-csplit | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-cut | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-date | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-dd | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-df | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-dir | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-dircolors | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-dirname | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-du | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-echo | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-env | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-expand | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-expr | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-factor | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-false | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-fmt | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-fold | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-groups | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-head | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-hostid | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-hostname | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-id | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-install | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-join | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-kill | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-link | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-ln | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-logname | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-ls | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-md5sum | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-mkdir | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-mkfifo | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-mknod | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-mktemp | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-more | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-mv | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-nice | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-nl | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-nohup | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-nproc | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-numfmt | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-od | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-paste | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-pathchk | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-pinky | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-pr | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-printenv | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-printf | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-ptx | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-pwd | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-readlink | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-realpath | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-rm | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-rmdir | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-seq | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-sha1sum | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-sha224sum | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-sha256sum | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-sha384sum | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-sha512sum | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-shred | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-shuf | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-sleep | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-sort | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-split | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-stat | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-stdbuf | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-stty | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-sum | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-sync | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-tac | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-tail | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-tee | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-test | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-timeout | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-touch | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-tr | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-true | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-truncate | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-tsort | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-tty | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-uname | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-unexpand | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-uniq | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-unlink | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-uptime | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-users | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-vdir | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-wc | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-who | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-whoami | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
uu-yes | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version0.9.0
manager updated2026-06-22
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:uutils-coreutils |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.9.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://uutils.github.io/coreutils/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/uutils/coreutils |
| Last updated | 2026-06-22T14:06:33-07:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Nix95%
uutils-coreutils
nix profile install nixpkgs#uutils-coreutils- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Uutils Coreutils
apk95%
uutils-coreutils 0.9.0-r0
Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils
https://uutils.github.io/coreutils/
sudo apk add uutils-coreutils- License: MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: uutils
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Uutils Coreutils
dnf95%
uutils-coreutils 0.7.0-11.fc45
GNU coreutils reimplementation in Rust
https://uutils.github.io/coreutils/
sudo dnf install uutils-coreutils- License: MIT AND (MIT OR Apache-2.0) AND Unicode-DFS-2016 AND Zlib AND (0BSD OR MIT OR Apache-2.0) AND Apache-2.0 AND (Apache-2.0 OR Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception) AND
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: uutils-coreutils
- 8 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Uutils Coreutils
pacman95%
uutils-coreutils 0.9.0-1
Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils
sudo pacman -S uutils-coreutils- License: MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- 3 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Uutils Coreutils
Scoop95%
main/uutils-coreutils
scoop install main/uutils-coreutils- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Uutils Coreutils
winget95%
uutils.coreutils
winget install --id uutils.coreutils -e- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Uutils Coreutils
winget92%
NetEase.UURemote
winget install --id NetEase.UURemote -e- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Uu
source trail
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Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
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