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mmstick/parallel

This project now lives on in a rewrite at https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/parallel observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/mmstick/parallel · Rust · MIT (permissive) · archived observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

10/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100

Flags: archived

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 3661
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 3195
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1194 stars · 31 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A command-line CPU load balancer written in Rust that recreates and extends GNU Parallel's functionality for executing jobs in parallel. It is significantly faster and more memory-efficient than GNU Parallel in benchmarks.

Use cases

  • run shell commands in parallel across cpu cores
  • gnu parallel alternative written in rust
  • process a large list of files concurrently from the command line
  • balance cpu load when executing batch jobs
  • pipe input lines to parallel command executions

When to choose

  • you want a fast, lightweight MIT-licensed alternative to GNU Parallel
  • you need to execute many short jobs in parallel from a shell pipeline
  • GNU Parallel's performance or licensing does not fit your workflow

When to avoid

  • you need the full, mature feature set of GNU Parallel
  • you want an actively maintained tool - this repo has moved to a Redox OS rewrite and the latest release is from 2017

Facets

cli-tool · maturity abandoned

cli concurrency developer-tools cli rust parallel-computing gnu-parallel-alternative cpu-load-balancer job-execution command-line automation linux macos

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