cargo-memex 0.1.0

Compile and execute rust code as memes
Documentation

cargo-memex

Besides their size, rust binaries have a significant disadvantage: rust binaries are not memes yet.

cargo-memex is a cargo subcommand that makes it easy to ditch basic rust binaries in favor of memes, which is arguably the far superior format for executable rust files.

Standard rust binaries always look the same, which means consistently boring: alt text.

With cargo-memex they can look like this:

Another limitation of rust binaries is, that debug and release executables are visually indistinguishable.

cargo-memex fixes this problem by displaying the two different target destinations by default with the corresponding segment of:

Installation

cargo install cargo-memex

Usage

Compile your current project into the meme above, for other built in memes see resources

cargo memex build tradeoffer

Compile your current project into happy hank

cargo memex build --release

Compile with local meme

cargo memex build ./meme.jpg

Use a jpeg meme on the web

cargo memex build "https://meme.jpg"

To execute a memex executable meme

cargo memex exec meme.jpg

Build then execute in one step

cargo memex run

Roadmap

To achieve feature parity with cargo support for publishing memes will be required. Unfortunately crates.io does not support publishing crates as memex memes yet. So in the meantime, another solution needs to be developed.

The recent NFT frenzy has shown that there is a high demand for NFT based solutions, and that especially memes can be very lucrative. Hence, solutions for cargo-memex are currently being investigated in order to tap this growing market. Ideally, the cargo publish subcommand should be extended by an --nft option, so that developers can directly publish a new version of their rust project as a memex NFT.

Known Limitations

  • only works on unix
  • only jpeg supported at this point

Licensed under either of these: