On using `uutils`

Beginning with commit 879f3af in January 2025, I have been using uutils on my NixOS machines.

Uutils is a Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils and the experience has been nothing but wonderful. I’ve encountered zero bugs, and everything is snappy.¹

How to enable it? #

For NixOS, the process is quite easy. You can simply add the non-prefixed versions to your system’s packages. These binaries are then used in place of the GNU coreutils:

environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
    uutils-coreutils-noprefix
    uutils-diffutils
    uutils-findutils
];

Other Linux distributions should consider trying oxidizr.