Cool projects built in Rust: Ep. 1

Lightning fast terminal and a data viewer

Let’s take a look at two projects built in Rust: Starship and Tidy Viewer.

Starship

This project bills itself as:

The minimal, blazing-fast, and infinitely customizable prompt for any shell!

Source: https://github.com/starship/starship

And it just _feels_ fast when you load it. I’m a Fish terminal kind of guy and Fish + Starship seems like a really well-paired match. I’ll be sure to provide updates on my experience after I settle in here.

Tidy Viewer (TV)

Every job I’ve had past high school has needed me to work with CSVs. And there’s rarely been a really convenient means of viewing that data, especially if it’s large.

Until now, that is.

This viewer is a breeze to install with cargo and from there’s an easy use of `tv` + your csv and you’re exploring it in no time. I find it best used when needing to get a quick feel for the data. I definitely haven’t scratched the surface on what’s possible here.

Do you have a favorite library/utility/tool built in Rust, let me know!