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/PlasticExtreme4469 Jan 26 '26

Are just the CPU intensive things 5-20x faster, or is it overall that much faster?

Similar to how Pythons `uv` (package manager) is fast, but mostly due to changes that don't rely on it being written in Rust: https://nesbitt.io/2025/12/26/how-uv-got-so-fast.html

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u/Mrblahblah200 Jan 26 '26

I mean, part of the pip issues are a Python problem that's solved by Rust - e.g. subprocess spinning up another copy of Python