Baker is a command-line tool designed to facilitate the quick scaffolding of new projects, featuring language-independent hooks for automating routine tasks. Written in Rust, it is available as a standalone binary with installation options for various platforms. The tool supports templating and customization, making it adaptable for different project needs.

The GitHub repository "hist-rs" by noamteyssier presents an efficient command-line tool for counting unique lines in files, boasting a performance improvement of up to 25 times compared to the traditional `sort | uniq -c` method. The tool supports various functionalities including filtering lines by patterns and adjusting output thresholds. Benchmarks indicate significant performance advantages over other similar tools.