GNU Recutils
GNU Recutils is a set of tools and libraries to access human-editable, plain text databases called recfiles. The data is stored as a sequence of records, each record containing an arbitrary number of named fields. The picture below shows a sample database containing information about GNU packages, along with the main features provided by recutils.
Data Integrity
Rich Type System for Fields
Advanced database facilities
Encryption Support
Converters from/to other formats
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Advanced Emacs mode
Integration with org-mode
Templates
Complete user manual
Easy deployment
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A video with a talk introducing the program can be found here.
An older video, which was recorded just before releasing the first version, can be downloaded from here
If you want to discuss about recutils, some of the people involved in GNU recutils use to be in the #recutils channel in the irc.freenode.net IRC network. You are more than welcome to join.
Downloading Recutils
Sources Distribution
GNU recutils can be found on the main GNU ftp server: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/recutils/ (via HTTP) and ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/recutils/ (via FTP). It can also be found on the GNU mirrors; please use a mirror if possible.
Binary Packages
Additionally there are binary packages for some GNU/Linux distributions.
- Trisquel GNU/Linux
- Debian packages.
- Fedora packages
- Arch packages.
- OpenSuse packages.
- Mandrake packages.
- Gentoo packages.
- Parabola x86_64 packages.
- Parabola i686 packages.
- OpenCSW Solaris packages.
- FreeBSD.
If you know of some other binary distribution of GNU recutils please get in touch with the maintainer.
Documentation
Take a look to our Frequently Asked Questions section.
Documentation for Recutils is available online, as is documentation for most GNU software. You can find more information about Recutils by running info recutils or by looking at /usr/doc/recutils/, /usr/local/doc/recutils/, or similar directories on your system.
Mailing lists
GNU recutils has two mailing lists: <bug-recutils@gnu.org> and <help-recutils@gnu.org>.
The main discussion list is <bug-recutils@gnu.org>, and is used to discuss most aspects of recutils, including development and enhancement requests, as well as bug reports.
There is a separate list for general user help and discussion, <help-recutils@gnu.org>.
Announcements about Recutils and most other GNU software are made on <info-gnu@gnu.org>.
To subscribe to these or any GNU mailing lists, please send an empty mail with a Subject: header of just subscribe to the relevant -request list. For example, to subscribe yourself to the GNU announcement list, you would send mail to <info-gnu-request@gnu.org>. Or you can use the mailing list web interface.
Getting involved
Development of Recutils, and GNU in general, is a volunteer effort, and you can contribute. For information, please read How to help GNU. If you'd like to get involved, it's a good idea to join the discussion mailing list (see above).
- Test releases
- Trying the latest test release (when available) is always appreciated. Test releases of Recutils can be found at http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/recutils/ (via HTTP) and ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/recutils/ (via FTP).
- Development
- For development sources, and other information, please see the Recutils project page at savannah.gnu.org.
- Please send bug reports and patches to <bug-recutils@gnu.org>,
- Translating Recutils
- To translate Recutils's messages into other languages, please see the Translation Project page for Recutils. If you have a new translation of the message strings, or updates to the existing strings, please have the changes made in this repository. Only translations from this site will be incorporated into Recutils. For more information, see the Translation Project.
- Maintainer
- Recutils is currently being maintained by Jose E. Marchesi. Please use the mailing lists for contact.
Licensing
Recutils is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.