diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 7ecc7dd235595..e1f4c56fe4ab5 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@
 - Added `minIndex` and `maxIndex` to the `sequtils` module
 - Added `os.isRelativeTo` to tell whether a path is relative to another
 - Added `resetOutputFormatters` to `unittest`
-- Added new `sugar` `.@` outplace operator: `@[2,1,3].@sort()`
+- Added new `outplaces` module with `.@` outplace operator: `@[2,1,3].@sort()` to avoid duplicating API's
+  with inplace and outplace variants; instead only the inplace variant is needed now.
 
 ## Library changes
 
diff --git a/lib/pure/sugar.nim b/lib/pure/sugar.nim
index bac78d22643be..575dd5f11ba54 100644
--- a/lib/pure/sugar.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/sugar.nim
@@ -189,58 +189,6 @@ macro capture*(locals: openArray[typed], body: untyped): untyped {.since: (1, 1)
   result.add(newProc(newEmptyNode(), params, body, nnkProcDef))
   for arg in locals: result.add(arg)
 
-macro outplace*[T](arg: T, call: untyped; inplaceArgPosition: static[int] = 1): T {.since: (1, 1), deprecated: "use sugar.`.@`".} =
-  expectKind call, nnkCallKinds
-  let tmp = genSym(nskVar, "outplaceResult")
-  var callsons = call[0..^1]
-  callsons.insert(tmp, inplaceArgPosition)
-  result = newTree(nnkStmtListExpr,
-    newVarStmt(tmp, arg),
-    copyNimNode(call).add callsons,
-    tmp)
-
-proc outplaceImpl(arg, call: NimNode): NimNode =
-  expectKind call, nnkCallKinds
-  let tmp = genSym(nskVar, "outplaceResult")
-  var callsons = call[0..^1]
-  var found = false
-  for i in 1..<len(callsons):
-    if callsons[i].kind == nnkIdent and callsons[i].strVal == "_":
-      callsons[i] = tmp
-      found = true
-      break
-  if not found: callsons.insert(tmp, 1)
-  result = newTree(nnkStmtListExpr,
-    newVarStmt(tmp, arg),
-    copyNimNode(call).add callsons,
-    tmp)
-
-proc replaceOutplace(lhs, n: NimNode): NimNode =
-  case n.kind
-  of nnkDotExpr, nnkBracketExpr:
-    result = copyNimTree(n)
-    result[0] = replaceOutplace(lhs, result[0])
-  of nnkCall:
-    result = outplaceImpl(lhs, n)
-  else:
-    doAssert false, "unexpected kind: " & $n.kind
-
-macro `.@`*(lhs, rhs): untyped {.since: (1, 1).} =
-  ## Outplace operator: turns an `in-place`:idx: algorithm into one that works on
-  ## a copy and returns this copy. A placeholder `_` can optionally be used to
-  ## specify an output parameter of position > 0.
-  ## **Since**: Version 1.2.
-  runnableExamples:
-    import algorithm, strutils
-    doAssert @[2,1,3].@sort() == @[1,2,3]
-    doAssert "".@addQuoted("foX").toUpper == "\"FOX\""
-    doAssert "A".@addQuoted("foo").toUpper[0..1].toLower == "a\""
-    proc bar(x: int, ret: var int) = ret += x
-    doAssert 3.@bar(4, _) == 3 + 4 # use placeholder `_` to specify a position > 0
-    doAssert @[2,1,3].@sort(_) == @[1,2,3] # `_` works but unneeded in position 0
-  result = copyNimTree(rhs)
-  result = replaceOutplace(lhs, result)
-
 proc transLastStmt(n, res, bracketExpr: NimNode): (NimNode, NimNode, NimNode) {.since: (1, 1).} =
   # Looks for the last statement of the last statement, etc...
   case n.kind
@@ -278,6 +226,16 @@ proc transLastStmt(n, res, bracketExpr: NimNode): (NimNode, NimNode, NimNode) {.
     template adder(res, v) = res.add(v)
     result[0] = getAst(adder(res, n))
 
+macro outplace*[T](arg: T, call: untyped; inplaceArgPosition: static[int] = 1): T {.since: (1, 1), deprecated: "use outplaces.`.@`".} =
+  expectKind call, nnkCallKinds
+  let tmp = genSym(nskVar, "outplaceResult")
+  var callsons = call[0..^1]
+  callsons.insert(tmp, inplaceArgPosition)
+  result = newTree(nnkStmtListExpr,
+    newVarStmt(tmp, arg),
+    copyNimNode(call).add callsons,
+    tmp)
+
 macro collect*(init, body: untyped): untyped {.since: (1, 1).} =
   ## Comprehension for seq/set/table collections. ``init`` is
   ## the init call, and so custom collections are supported.
@@ -333,28 +291,6 @@ macro collect*(init, body: untyped): untyped {.since: (1, 1).} =
 
 when isMainModule:
   since (1, 1):
-    import algorithm
-
-    block:
-      var a = @[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
-      doAssert a.@sort() == sorted(a)
-      #Chaining:
-      var aCopy = a
-      aCopy.insert(10)
-      doAssert a.@insert(10).@sort() == sorted(aCopy)
-      doAssert @[1,3,2].@sort().@sort(order = SortOrder.Descending) == @[3,2,1]
-        # using 2 `.@` chained together
-
-      proc bar(x: int, ret: var int) = ret += x
-      doAssert 3.@bar(4, _) == 3 + 4
-
-    import random
-
-    const b = @[0, 1, 2]
-    let c = b.@shuffle()
-    doAssert c[0] == 1
-    doAssert c[1] == 0
-
     #test collect
     import sets, tables
 
diff --git a/lib/std/outplaces.nim b/lib/std/outplaces.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f96613b9376d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/std/outplaces.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import std/macros
+include system/inclrtl
+
+proc outplaceImpl(arg, call: NimNode): NimNode =
+  expectKind call, nnkCallKinds
+  let tmp = genSym(nskVar, "outplaceResult")
+  var callsons = call[0..^1]
+  var found = false
+  for i in 1..<len(callsons):
+    if callsons[i].kind == nnkIdent and callsons[i].strVal == "_":
+      callsons[i] = tmp
+      found = true
+      break
+  if not found: callsons.insert(tmp, 1)
+  result = newTree(nnkStmtListExpr,
+    newVarStmt(tmp, arg),
+    copyNimNode(call).add callsons,
+    tmp)
+
+proc replaceOutplace(lhs, n: NimNode): NimNode =
+  case n.kind
+  of nnkDotExpr, nnkBracketExpr:
+    result = copyNimTree(n)
+    result[0] = replaceOutplace(lhs, result[0])
+  of nnkCall:
+    result = outplaceImpl(lhs, n)
+  of nnkCommand:
+    result = outplaceImpl(lhs, n)
+  else:
+    doAssert false, "unexpected kind: " & $n.kind
+
+macro `.@`*(lhs, rhs): untyped {.since: (1, 1).} =
+  ## Outplace operator: turns an `in-place`:idx: algorithm into one that works on
+  ## a copy and returns this copy. A placeholder `_` can optionally be used to
+  ## specify an output parameter of position > 0.
+  ## **Since**: Version 1.2.
+  runnableExamples:
+    import algorithm, strutils
+    doAssert @[2,1,3].@sort() == @[1,2,3]
+    doAssert "".@addQuoted("foX").toUpper == "\"FOX\""
+    doAssert "A".@addQuoted("foo").toUpper[0..1].toLower == "a\""
+    proc bar(x: int, ret: var int) = ret += x
+    doAssert 3.@bar(4, _) == 3 + 4 # use placeholder `_` to specify a position > 0
+    doAssert @[2,1,3].@sort(_) == @[1,2,3] # `_` works but unneeded in position 0
+  result = copyNimTree(rhs)
+  result = replaceOutplace(lhs, result)
diff --git a/tests/stdlib/toutplaces.nim b/tests/stdlib/toutplaces.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8370be503cc2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/stdlib/toutplaces.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import std/outplaces
+import algorithm
+import random
+
+proc main() =
+  var a = @[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
+  doAssert a.@sort() == sorted(a)
+  #Chaining:
+  var aCopy = a
+  aCopy.insert(10)
+  doAssert a.@insert(10).@sort() == sorted(aCopy)
+  doAssert @[1,3,2].@sort().@sort(order = SortOrder.Descending) == @[3,2,1]
+    # using 2 `.@` chained together
+
+  proc bar(x: int, ret: var int) = ret += x
+  doAssert 3.@bar(4, _) == 3 + 4
+
+  const b = @[0, 1, 2]
+  let c = b.@shuffle()
+  doAssert c[0] == 1
+  doAssert c[1] == 0
+
+  block:
+    var a = "foo"
+    var b = "bar"
+    doAssert "ab".@add("cd") == "abcd"
+    let ret = "ab".@add "cd" # example with `nnkCommand`
+    doAssert ret == "abcd"
+
+main()