If you are looking at the landscape of modern command-line tools—ripgrep, bat, exa, delta—they all share a common DNA: they are written in Rust. By 2025, Rust has firmly established itself as the de facto language for building high-performance, safe, and distributable CLI tools.
If you are reading this, you probably know that Rust has firmly established itself as a tier-one language for systems programming, web assembly, and even backend services. By 2025, the ecosystem has matured significantly. Gone are the days when simply installing the compiler was enough. Today, a professional Rust developer’s environment is a sophisticated cockpit designed for speed, safety, and rapid feedback loops.
The Rust ecosystem has matured significantly by 2025. While cargo remains the envy of other programming languages for its seamless dependency management and build orchestration, relying solely on the default toolchain limits your potential.
