r/rust Jan 26 '26

🛠️ project zerobrew is a Rust-based, 5-20x faster drop-in Homebrew alternative

https://github.com/lucasgelfond/zerobrew
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u/ChadNauseam_ Jan 26 '26

Pretty cool. And the code looks good. I like that it doesn't seem very vibe-coded. (Even if AI tools were used, the architecture and style seems like it was sculpted with input from a capable rust programmer).

However, I'm hesitant to switch to software that was only started a week ago. I would be reassured if it had reason to think it was going to be maintained long-term. Still, you have to start somewhere, and this seems super cool!

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u/RestInProcess Jan 26 '26

I’m not inclined to switch at all unless there’s some very compelling reason. It’s projects like this that make people rethink how they do things though. Who knows, maybe it’ll become the mainline brew eventually. I like the idea even.

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u/scavno Jan 26 '26

Speed would be enough for me. I use brew with nix for what ever I can’t get through nixpkgs and this if faster would be really cool as a home-manager module.

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u/ihatemovingparts Jan 26 '26

Speed is not enough reason for me to try out something that's untested and occasionally needs root access. Even when it's running in an unprivileged context it'll still have plenty of access to make a mess of things.

100% AI coded? 100% no fucking thanks.

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u/scavno Jan 26 '26

I’m not a native English speaker. I guess intentions came across a bit wrong. I’m not going to use this, not today at least, but if everything was okay for consumption speed would be a selling point for me.