Oxidise Your Command Line (2025 Edition)

This video presents an updated showcase of 30 Rust-powered command-line tools that serve as faster, smarter, and more enjoyable drop-in replacements for everyday terminal utilities like grep, find, cat, and ls. The host highlights specific examples such as ripgrep, fd, bat, eza, and the Fish shell, while also pointing out a broader trend of swapping heavy web/Electron apps for lightweight terminal alternatives like WikiTi, NCspot, and Rusty Man. Though framed as recommendations rather than mandatory replacements, the core message is that these "oxidized" tools improve both performance and the overall joy of working in the terminal. The video also covers a special fork called Evil Helix that restores traditional Vim keybindings, and closes with honorable mentions, viewer engagement, and Patreon perks including early access and mentoring.

• ▶ 0:06 The video is an updated edition of Oxidise Your Command Line, featuring 30 Rust-powered command line tools that have replaced and extended the host's old standards.
• ▶ 0:22 All video scripts are dedicated to the public domain, with the script, links, and images available as a Markdown document on the host's website and GitHub.
• ▶ 0:31 The video is sponsored by Let's Get Rusty, whose new Rust training cohort starts next month; viewers can find details via the linked website.
• ▶ 0:49 Modern Rust-based (oxidized) tools are drop-in replacements for everyday terminal utilities, performing better and faster than their older counterparts.
• ▶ 1:23 Fish is a rebuilt, batteries-included shell for interactive use with syntax highlighting, true color, and command suggestions; it works out of the box.
• ▶ 2:18 ripgrep and fd replace grep/find with fast, smart, prettier defaults (e.g. respecting .gitignore); bat and eza offer similar upgrades for cat and ls.
• ▶ 4:14 A Discord Q&A session will be streamed on Sunday, May 25th at 8 p.m. London time, open to all Patreon supporters.
• ▶ 4:23 Patreon supporters get perks including early video access (up to a week before public release), private Discord access, and video credits.
• ▶ 4:34 The creator is offering a limited number of one-to-one mentoring slots covering topics like personal organization, Rust, creative production, and web tech.
• ▶ 4:42 The presenter introduces Part Two "in with the new," recommending these tools not as replacements but because they're cool and make terminal life more joyful.
• ▶ 5:41 Evil Helix is highlighted as a fork that restores standard Vim keybindings to Helix, solving the "backwards" selection-action motions for Vim users.
• ▶ 8:40 A recurring pattern emerges of replacing web/Electron apps with lightweight terminal tools—WikiTi for Wikipedia, NCspot for Spotify (2 MB vs hundreds of MB), and Rusty Man for offline Rust docs.
• ▶ 10:37 The video closes by highlighting "honorable mention" tools not covered in the main runtime, encouraging viewers to explore them and share their own favorite CLI tools (not necessarily Rust-based).
• ▶ 10:51 Viewers are invited to support the channel on Patreon for perks like early access, ad-free viewing, credits, and mentoring.
• ▶ 11:07 Transcripts and compile-checked Markdown source code are available on namal.com and GitHub, with corrections in the pinned comment.

• ▶ 0:01 Opening and Sponsor (0:01 - 0:49) - Intro to the video and the Let's Get Rusty sponsor.
• ▶ 0:49 Part One: Replacing Old Tools (0:49 - 4:09) - Modern oxidized replacements for everyday terminal tools, from uutils to disk analyzers.
• ▶ 4:09 Channel Update (4:09 - 4:45) - News about Q&A, Patreon, and mentoring.
• ▶ 4:45 Part Two: New Tools (4:45 - 10:39) - Cool Rust tools recommended even without old tools to replace, from Starship to Present term.
• ▶ 10:39 Honorable Mentions and Outro (10:39 - 11:18) - Wrap-up with extra tool mentions and support thanks.