scrutch

Tiny utility to search rust crates directly from the command line. The output gives all the necessary informations and uses colors to distinguish them more clearly.

As simple as typing scrutch -h

Scrutch - Crates Search

Usage:
  scrutch [--info] <query>
  scrutch (-h | --help)
  scrutch --version

Options:
  -h --help     Show this screen.
  --version     Show version.
  --info        Show complete details of the crates.

The software was a very fastly made hack, but I am using it and I plan to implement a decent interface using rustbox. The information are obtained directly from crates.io.

Build

To compile libcurl is required.

Then is enough to clone the repo and compile with cargo:

$ git clone https://github.com/mseri/scrutch
$ cd scrutch
$ cargo build --release

Scrutch can then be run via cargo itself or copied in a local path and run as standalone app.

Examples

$ scrutch serialize
scrutch: 10 crates found with query: "serialize"

rustc-serialize      = "0.3.16" (downloads: 292822)
serde                = "0.6.0"  (downloads: 22667)
serde_json           = "0.6.0"  (downloads: 5302)
rmp                  = "0.7.0"  (downloads: 461)
serial               = "0.2.0"  (downloads: 385)
dbus-serialize       = "0.1.1"  (downloads: 210)
serial-win           = "0.1.1"  (downloads: 148)
rmp-serde            = "0.7.0"  (downloads: 27)
rmp-serialize        = "0.7.0"  (downloads: 19)
scrutch              = "0.0.3"  (downloads: 1)

$ scrutch serialize --info
scrutch: 10 crates found with query: "serialize"

rustc-serialize = "0.3.16"  (downloads: 292822)
 -> Generic serialization/deserialization support corresponding to the
`derive(RustcEncodable, RustcDecodable)` mode in the compiler. Also includes
support for hex, base64, and json encoding and decoding.
    docs: http://doc.rust-lang.org/rustc-serialize
    home: https://github.com/rust-lang/rustc-serialize

serde = "0.6.0" (downloads: 22667)
 -> A generic serialization/deserialization framework
    docs: https://serde-rs.github.io/serde/serde/serde/index.html

serde_json = "0.6.0"  (downloads: 5302)
 -> A JSON serialization file format
    docs: https://serde-rs.github.io/json/serde_json/

rmp = "0.7.0" (downloads: 461)
 -> Pure Rust MessagePack serialization implementation
    docs: https://3hren.github.io/msgpack-rust/rmp/index.html

serial = "0.2.0"  (downloads: 385)
 -> Rust library for accessing serial ports.
    docs: https://dcuddeback.github.io/serial-rs/serial/
    home: https://github.com/dcuddeback/serial-rs

dbus-serialize = "0.1.1"  (downloads: 210)
 -> Encoder / Decoder for D-Bus Types
    docs: http://srwalter.github.io/dbus-serialize/doc/dbus_serialize/types/index.html

serial-win = "0.1.1"  (downloads: 148)
 -> Serial communications in Windows
    docs: http://bryal.github.io/serial-win-rs/serial_win/

rmp-serde = "0.7.0" (downloads: 27)
 -> Serde bindings for RMP
    docs: https://3hren.github.io/msgpack-rust/rmp/index.html

rmp-serialize = "0.7.0" (downloads: 19)
 -> Rust Serialize bindings for RMP
    docs: https://3hren.github.io/msgpack-rust/rmp/index.html

scrutch = "0.0.3" (downloads: 1)
 -> Tiny utility to search rust crates directly from the command line
    docs: https://github.com/mseri/scrutch
    home: https://github.com/mseri/scrutch

TODO

The tool has never been updated as it still works properly. It would be nice to find the time to update the code to more modern and idiomatic rust.