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 cargo ssearch --help
cargo-ssearch 0.1.0
Marcello Seri <marcello.seri@gmail.com>
cargo-search on steroids
USAGE:
cargo-ssearch [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] <query>
FLAGS:
-h, --help Prints help information
-q, --quiet quiet output, display only crate, version and downloads
-V, --version Prints version information
OPTIONS:
-l, --limit <limit> how many packages to display [default: 10]
--page <page> the crates.io search result page to display [default: 1]
ARGS:
<query> query string for crates.io
The software was a very fastly made hack, but I am using it and I am happy on how it works. The information are obtained directly from crates.io.
It is enough to clone the repo and compile it with cargo:
$ git clone https://github.com/mseri/scrutch
$ cd scrutch
$ cargo build --release
The tool can then be run via cargo itself or installed in a local path and run as standalone app.
$ cargo ssearch serialize --limit 20 -q
Displaying 20 crates from page 1 out of the 466 found.
serde = "1.0.37" (downloads: 5160233)
rustc-serialize = "0.3.24" (downloads: 4389049)
serde_json = "1.0.13" (downloads: 2730954)
toml = "0.4.6" (downloads: 2190141)
quote = "0.5.1" (downloads: 2127675)
serde_derive = "1.0.37" (downloads: 1870124)
serde_derive_internals = "0.23.0" (downloads: 1376928)
xml-rs = "0.7.0" (downloads: 880986)
serde_codegen_internals = "0.14.2" (downloads: 741492)
serde_codegen = "0.9.0" (downloads: 639554)
handlebars = "1.0.0-beta.1" (downloads: 440993)
cargo_metadata = "0.5.4" (downloads: 378409)
bincode = "1.0.0" (downloads: 331593)
serde_urlencoded = "0.5.1" (downloads: 260365)
serde_macros = "0.8.9" (downloads: 209024)
serde_cbor = "0.8.2" (downloads: 179360)
serde_yaml = "0.7.3" (downloads: 162988)
postgres = "0.15.2" (downloads: 99893)
rmp = "0.8.7" (downloads: 99743)
sodiumoxide = "0.0.16" (downloads: 87682)
$ cargo ssearch serialize -q --limit 20 -r
Displaying 20 crates from page 1 out of the 466 found.
serde = "1.0.37" (downloads: 5160233)
quote = "0.5.1" (downloads: 2127675)
serde_json = "1.0.13" (downloads: 2730954)
serde_derive = "1.0.37" (downloads: 1870124)
serde_derive_internals = "0.23.0" (downloads: 1376928)
toml = "0.4.6" (downloads: 2190141)
rustc-serialize = "0.3.24" (downloads: 4389049)
cargo_metadata = "0.5.4" (downloads: 378409)
xml-rs = "0.7.0" (downloads: 880986)
handlebars = "1.0.0-beta.1" (downloads: 440993)
serde_urlencoded = "0.5.1" (downloads: 260365)
bincode = "1.0.0" (downloads: 331593)
rustc-ap-serialize = "92.0.0" (downloads: 69093)
serde_codegen_internals = "0.14.2" (downloads: 741492)
serde_yaml = "0.7.3" (downloads: 162988)
encoding_rs = "0.7.2" (downloads: 85705)
serde_cbor = "0.8.2" (downloads: 179360)
serde_codegen = "0.9.0" (downloads: 639554)
serde_test = "1.0.37" (downloads: 82573)
rmp = "0.8.7" (downloads: 99743)
``` $ cargo ssearch serialize Displaying 10 crates from page 1 out of the 466 found.
serde = "1.0.37" (downloads: 5160233) -> A generic serialization/deserialization framework docs: https://docs.serde.rs/serde/ home: https://serde.rs
rustc-serialize = "0.3.24" (downloads: 4389049)
-> 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: https://doc.rust-lang.org/rustc-serialize
home: https://github.com/rust-lang/rustc-serialize
serdejson = "1.0.13" (downloads: 2730954) -> A JSON serialization file format docs: http://docs.serde.rs/serdejson/
toml = "0.4.6" (downloads: 2190141) -> A native Rust encoder and decoder of TOML-formatted files and streams. Provides implementations of the standard Serialize/Deserialize traits for TOML data to facilitate deserializing and serializing Rust structures. docs: https://docs.rs/toml home: https://github.com/alexcrichton/toml-rs
quote = "0.5.1" (downloads: 2127675) -> Quasi-quoting macro quote!(...) docs: https://docs.rs/quote/
serde_derive = "1.0.37" (downloads: 1870124) -> Macros 1.1 implementation of #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)] docs: https://serde.rs/codegen.html home: https://serde.rs
serdederiveinternals = "0.23.0" (downloads: 1376928) -> AST representation used by Serde derive macros. Unstable. docs: https://docs.serde.rs/serdederiveinternals/ home: https://serde.rs
xml-rs = "0.7.0" (downloads: 880986) -> An XML library in pure Rust docs: http://netvl.github.io/xml-rs/
serdecodegeninternals = "0.14.2" (downloads: 741492) -> AST representation used by Serde codegen. Unstable. docs: https://docs.serde.rs/serdecodegeninternals/ home: https://serde.rs
serde_codegen = "0.9.0" (downloads: 639554) -> Macros to auto-generate implementations for the serde framework docs: https://serde.rs/codegen.html home: https://serde.rs
```
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.