Introduction to tmux-rs: Porting tmux from C to Rust
By
Jtsummers
Fresh out the oven, still warm. Top of the tray.
Summary
The article introduces tmux-rs, a Rust port of tmux, detailing the process of porting the original codebase from C to Rust. The author shares the milestone of achieving a code base that is now 100% Rust. The project is described as a hobby endeavor without a specific reason for the rewrite.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledFor the 6 months or so I’ve been quietly porting tmux from C to Rust.
I’d like to share the process of porting the original codebase from ~67,000 lines of C code to ~81,000 lines of Rust.
It’s a hobby project. Like gardening, but with more segfaults.
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