Show HN: A wc rewrite in Rust that makes it over 100 times faster

Category: cli-tool

Tags: rust, performance, cli-tool

Score: 5.0/10 (Innovation: 4, Technical: 6, Documentation: 5, Utility: 5)

fastwc is a Rust rewrite of the classic Unix 'wc' utility, claiming over 100x speed improvement on large files through optimized parallelism and memory handling. It offers drop-in replacement compatibility with all original flags, making it interesting for performance-conscious users dealing with large text files.

Target audience: backend devs, devops, data engineers

Repository: https://github.com/CallMeAlphabet/fastwc · Rust · GPL-3.0 · 2 stars

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