2026 calendar

rusti-cal – cal clone

rusti-cal is a Rust command line utility for generating text calendars from the terminal.

It is a lightweight clone of cal(1) that focuses on speed and minimalism while offering useful formatting options for displaying yearly calendars.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

  • Displays a calendar for a specified year from the command line.
  • Lets you choose the starting day of the week, from Sunday through Saturday.
  • Supports locale-based month and weekday names via the LANG environment variable.
  • Offers optional coloured output that highlights weekends and the current day.
  • Can show week numbers with a command line option.

Website: github.com/arthurhenrique/rusti-cal
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Developer: Arthur Henrique
License: MIT License

rusti-cal is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.


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