try-rs – Rust-based workspace manager

try-rs is a CLI tool designed to manage the chaos of temporary projects. It’s a temporary workspace manager for fast experimentation in the terminal.

Instead of cluttering your Desktop or /tmp with test1, new-test, and final-test, try-rs organizes them into date-prefixed directories, offering a robust TUI (Terminal User Interface) to create, navigate, and clean up your experiments.

This is free and open source software.

Features include:

• Fast – Built in Rust, compiled to native binary. No interpreter lag.
• Rich TUI – Beautiful terminal interface built with Ratatui.
• Fuzzy Search – Instantly find old experiments with smart matching.
• Auto-Dating – Creates directories like 2025-12-17-rust-test automatically.
• Git Integration – Auto-clones URLs (try-rs ) and marks repos with ().
• Content Preview – Inspect files inside a folder before entering it.
• Editor Integration – Open experiments directly in your editor (Ctrl+E).
• Theming – Customizable UI colors (Catppuccin Mocha default).
• Safe Deletion – Delete old experiments via UI with confirmation (Ctrl+D).
• Configurable – Supports XDG Base Directory (~/.config/try-rs/config.toml).

Website: github.com/tassiovirginio/try-rs
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Developer: Tássio Virgínio
License: MIT License

try-rs is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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