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
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Related Software
| Alternatives to cal | |
|---|---|
| calcurse | Calendar and scheduling tool keeping track of events, appointments and tasks |
| khal | Standards based CLI and terminal calendar program |
| ncal | Offers an alternative layout to cal, more options and the date of Easter |
| carl | Adds enhanced features like colors and ical support |
| rusti-cal | cal clone that claims to be fast |
| cal | Command line calendar display with holidays |
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