Awesome Rust

A curated list of Rust code and resources.

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Table of contents

• Applications
  • Audio and Music
  • Cryptocurrencies
  • Database
  • Emulators
  • Games
  • Graphics
  • Image processing
  • Industrial automation
  • Observability
  • Operating systems
  • Productivity
  • Security tools
  • System tools
  • Task scheduling
  • Text editors
  • Text processing
  • Utilities
  • Video
  • Virtualization
  • Web
  • Web Servers
• Development tools
  • Build system
  • Debugging
  • Deployment
  • Embedded
  • FFI
  • IDEs
  • Pattern recognition
  • Profiling
  • Services
  • Static analysis
  • Testing
  • Transpiling
• Libraries
  • Artificial Intelligence
    • Genetic algorithms
    • Machine learning
  • Astronomy
  • Asynchronous
  • Audio and Music
  • Authentication
  • Automotive
  • Bioinformatics
  • Caching
  • Cloud
  • Command-line
  • Compression
  • Computation
  • Concurrency
  • Configuration
  • Cryptography
  • Data processing
  • Data streaming
  • Data structures
  • Data visualization
  • Database
  • Date and time
  • Distributed systems
  • Domain driven design
  • Email
  • Encoding
  • Filesystem
  • Functional Programming
  • Game development
  • Geospatial
  • Graph processing
  • Graphics
  • GUI
  • Image processing
  • Language specification
  • Logging
  • Macro
  • Markup language
  • Mobile
  • Network programming
  • Packaging formats
  • Parsing
  • Peripherals
  • Platform specific
  • Scripting
  • Simulation
  • Task scheduling
  • Template engine
  • Text processing
  • Text search
  • Unsafe
  • Virtualization
  • Web programming
• Registries
• Resources
• License

Applications

See also Rust — Production organizations running Rust in production.

• alacrittystars37.1k — A cross-platform, GPU enhanced terminal emulator
• andschwa/rust-genetic-algorithmstars69 — A genetic algorithm for academic benchmark problems
• asm-cli-ruststars167 — An interactive assembly shell written in rust.
• cloudflare/boringtunstars3.8k — A Userspace WireGuard VPN Implementation
• datafusionstars1.6k — Apache Arrow DataFusion and Ballista query engines
• denoland/denostars79.9k — A secure JavaScript/TypeScript runtime built with V8, Rust, and Tokio
• Factotumstars177 — A system to programmatically run data pipelines
• fcsonline/drillstars1.1k — A HTTP load testing application inspired by Ansible syntax
• Fractalidestars722 — Simple Rust Microservices
• habitatstars2.3k — An tool created by Chef to build, deploy, and manage applications.
• Herdstars93 — an experimental HTTP load testing application
• ivanceras/diwatastars390 — A database administration tool for postgresql
• jedisct1/flowggerstars663 — A fast, simple and lightweight data collector
• kalkerstars964 - A scientific calculator that supports math-like syntax with user-defined variables, functions, derivation, integration, and complex numbers. Cross platform + WASM support
• kytanstars313 — High Performance Peer-to-Peer VPN
• linkerd/linkerd2-proxystars1.4k — Ultralight service mesh for Kubernetes.
• MaidSafe — A decentralized platform.
• mdBook — A command line utility to create books from markdown files
• nicohman/eidolonstars94 — A steam and drm-free game registry and launcher for linux and macosx
• nottystars2.1k — A new kind of terminal
• Pijul — A patch-based distributed version control system
• Rudrstars1.6k — A Kubernetes implementation of the Open Application Model specification
• rxstars2.1k — Vi inspired Modern Pixel Art Editor
• Servostars20.6k — A prototype web browser engine
• tinystars712 — A terminal IRC client
• trust-dns — A DNS-server
• wasmerstars11.3k — A safe and fast WebAssembly runtime supporting WASI and Emscripten
• Weldstars181 — Full fake REST API generator
• weztermstars3.2k — A GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer
• zellijstars4.6k — A terminal multiplexer (workspace) with batteries included

Audio and Music

• enginesoundstars134 — A GUI and command line application used to procedurally generate semi-realistic engine sounds. Featuring in-depth configuration, variable sample rate and a frequency analysis window.
• Glicolstars194 — Graph-oriented live coding language written in Rust for collaborative musicking in browsers.
• ncspotstars2.6k - Cross-platform ncurses Spotify client, inspired by ncmpc and the likes.
• Polarisstars827 — A music streaming application.
• Spotify TUIstars11.4k — A Spotify client for the terminal written in Rust.
• Spotifydstars5.8k — An open source Spotify client running as a UNIX daemon.

Cryptocurrencies

• Bitcoin Satoshi's Visionstars38 [sv] — A Rust library for working with Bitcoin SV .
• cardano-clistars87 — Cardano Command Line Interface (CLI)
• ChainXstars227 — Fully Decentralized Interchain Crypto Asset Management on Polkadot.
• CITAstars1.2k — A high performance blockchain kernel for enterprise users.
• coinbase-pro-rsstars112 — Coinbase pro client in Rust, supports sync/async/websocket
• Diemstars16.3k — Diem’s mission is to enable a simple global currency and financial infrastructure that empowers billions of people.
• ethaddrgenstars112 — Custom Ethereum vanity address generator made in Rust
• Foreststars384 - Rust Filecoin implementation
• Grinstars4.9k — Evolution of the MimbleWimble protocol
• hdwalletstars18 [hdwallet] — BIP-32 HD wallet related key derivation utilities.
• Holochainstars540 — Scalable P2P alternative to blockchain for all those distributed apps you always wanted to build. The link to the old repo is thisstars1k which is no longer maintained.
• ibc-rsstars161 - Rust implementation of the Interblockchain Communication protocol
• infincia/bip39-rsstars43 [bip39] — Rust implementation of BIP39.
• interBTCstars134 — Trustless and fully decentralized Bitcoin bridge to Polkadot and Kusama.
• Joystreamstars121 — A user governed video platform
• Lighthousestars1.4k — Rust Ethereum 2.0 Client
• near/nearcorestars1.4k — decentralized smart-contract platform for low-end mobile devices.
• Nervos CKBstars944 — Nervos CKB is a public permissionless blockchain, the common knowledge layer of Nervos network.
• Nimiqstars70 — Rust implementation of Nimiq node
• Parity-Bitcoinstars694 — The Parity Bitcoin client
• Parity-Bridgestars309 — Bridge between any two ethereum-based networks
• Parity-Ethereumstars1.4k — Fast, light, and robust Ethereum client
• Parity-Zcashstars165 — Rust implementation of the Zcash protocol
• Phala-Network/phala-blockchainstars239 — Confidential smart contract blockchain based on Intel SGX and Substrate
• Polkadotstars5.2k — Heterogeneous multi‑chain technology with pooled security
• rust-bitcoinstars937 — Library with support for de/serialization, parsing and executing on data structures and network messages related to Bitcoin.
• rust-cardanostars273 — Rust implementation of Cardano primitives, helpers, and related applications
• Solanastars7k — Incredibly fast, highly scalable blockchain using Proof-of-History.
• Substratestars6.5k — Generic modular blockchain template written in Rust
• tendermint-rsstars263 - Rust implementation of Tendermint blockchain data structures and clients
• wagyustars449 [wagyu] — Rust library for generating cryptocurrency wallets
• zcashstars4.5k — Zcash is an implementation of the "Zerocash" protocol.

Database

• Databendstars3.1k - A Modern Real-Time Data Processing & Analytics DBMS with Cloud-Native Architecture
• indradb — Rust based graph database
• Lucidstars228 — High performance and distributed KV store accessible through a HTTP API.
• Materializestars3.5k - Streaming SQL database powered by Timely Dataflow
• noriastars4k [noria] — Dynamically changing, partially-stateful data-flow for web application backends
• ParityDBstars104 — Fast and reliable database, optimised for read operation
• PumpkinDBstars1.3k — an event sourcing database engine
• seppo0010/rsedisstars1.6k — A Redis reimplementation in Rust
• Skytablestars563 — A multi-model NoSQL database
• sled — A (beta) modern embedded database
• TerminusDBstars242 - open source graph database and document store
• tikvstars10.6k — A distributed KV database in Rust
• vorot93/libmdbx-rsstars22 [mdbx-sys] — Rust bindings for MDBX, a "fast, compact, powerful, embedded, transactional key-value database, with permissive license". This is a fork of mozilla/lmdb-rs with patches to make it work with libmdbx.
• WooriDBstars95 - General purpose time serial database inspired by Crux and Datomic.

Emulators

See also crates matching keyword 'emulator'.

• CHIP-8
  • ColinEberhardt/wasm-rust-chip8stars211 — A WebAssembly CHIP-8 emulator written with Rust
  • starrhorne/chip8-ruststars66 — Yet another rust chip8 emulator
• Commodore 64
  • kondrak/rust64stars194 —
• Flash Player
  • Rufflestars9.3k — Ruffle is an Adobe Flash Player emulator written in the Rust programming language. Ruffle targets both the desktop and the web using WebAssembly.
• Gameboy
  • Gekkio/mooneye-gbstars721 —
  • mohanson/gameboystars1k — Full featured Cross-platform GameBoy emulator. Forever boys!.
  • mvdnes/rboystars457 —
• Gameboy Advance
  • michelhe/rustboyadvance-ngstars428 - RustboyAdvance-ng is a Gameboy Advance emulator with desktop, android and WebAssembly support.
• Intel 8080 CPU
  • mohanson/i8080stars63 — Intel 8080 cpu emulator by Rust
• NES
  • koute/pinkystars660 —
  • pcwalton/sprocketnesstars698
• Virtual Boy
  • emu-rs/rustual-boystars221 —
• ZX Spectrum
  • pacmancoder/rustzxstars99 —

Games

See also Games Made With Piston.

• cityboundstars6.7k — The city sim you deserve
• cristicbz/rust-doomstars2.1k — A renderer for Doom, may progress to being a playable game
• doukutsu-rsstars393 — A Rust reimplementation of Cave Story engine with some enhancements.
• garkimasera/rusted-ruinsstars368 — Extensible open world rogue like game with pixel art
• lifthrasiir/angolmois-ruststars90 — A minimalistic music video game which supports the BMS format
• ozkriff/zemerothstars1.1k — A small 2D turn-based hexagonal strategy game
• rhexstars128 — hexagonal ascii roguelike
• rsaarelm/magogstars326 — A roguelike game in Rust
• schulke-214/rsnakestars55 — Snake written in Rust.
• SoftbearStudios/mk48stars97 — Mk48.io is an online multiplayer naval combat game
• swatteau/sokoban-rsstars129 — A Sokoban implementation
• thetawavegame/thetawave-legacystars183 - A space shooter game that strives to be an entry point for new game developers to make their first contributions.
• Thinkofname/rust-quakestars44 — Quake map renderer in Rust
• Veloren — An open world, open source multiplayer voxel RPG game currently in alpha development
• Zone of Controlstars344 — A turn-based hexagonal strategy game

Graphics

• ivanceras/svgbobstars3.1k — converts ASCII diagrams into SVG graphics
• Limeth/eucliderstars167 — A real-time 4D CPU ray tracer
• RazrFalcon/resvgstars1.2k — An SVG rendering library.
• RazrFalcon/svgcleanerstars1.5k — tidies SVG graphics
• turnage/valora — A library for generative fine art
• Twinklebear/tray_ruststars458 — A ray tracer

Image processing

• Imagerstars361 — Automated image optimization.

Industrial automation

• locka99/opcuastars270 — A pure rust OPC UA library.
• slowtec/tokio-modbusstars162 — A tokio-based modbus library.

Observability

• avito-tech/bioyinostars192 — A high-performance scalable StatsD compatible server.
• OpenTelemetry — OpenTelemetry provides a single set of APIs, libraries, agents, and collector services to capture distributed traces and metrics from your application. You can analyze them using Prometheus, Jaeger, and other observability tools.
• Scaphandrestars505 - A power consumption monitoring agent, to track host and each service power consumption and enable designing systems and applications for more sustainability. Designed to fit any monitoring toolchain (already supports prometheus, warp10, riemann...).
• vectordotdev/vectorstars9k — A High-Performance, Logs, Metrics, & Events Router.

Operating systems

See also A comparison of operating systems written in Ruststars365.

• 0x59616e/SteinsOSstars73 — An OS for armv8-a architecture.
• nebulet/nebuletstars2.2k — A microkernel that implements a WebAssembly "usermode" that runs in Ring 0.
• redox-os/redox —
• thepowersgang/rust_osstars534 —
• tock/tockstars3.3k — A secure embedded operating system for Cortex-M based microcontrollers

Productivity

• Bartibstars201 [Bartib] - A simple timetracker for the command line
• espansostars4k — A cross-platform Text Expander written in Rust
• eureka — A CLI tool to input and store your ideas without leaving the terminal
• pier-cli/pierstars335 — A central repository to manage (add, search metadata, etc.) all your one-liners, scripts, tools, and CLIs

Security tools

• abcdictstars54 - A better customization password dictionary generator.
• arvancloud/libinjection-rsstars30 — Rust bindings for libinjectionstars879
• b23r0/Cliwsstars225 — A bind/reverse PTY shell with Windows&Linux support.
• epi052/feroxbusterstars2.2k - A simple, fast, recursive content discovery tool written in Rust (
• kpcyrd/authoscopestars305 — A scriptable network authentication cracker
• kpcyrd/rshijackstars340 — A TCP connection hijacker, rust rewrite of shijack
• kpcyrd/sn0intstars1.1k — A semi-automatic OSINT framework and package manager
• kpcyrd/sniffgluestars799 — A secure multithreaded packet sniffer
• ObserverWard_0x727stars249 — Community based web technologies analysis tool.
• phra/rustbusterstars385 — A Comprehensive Web Fuzzer and Content Discovery Tool
• ripassostars455 — A password manager, filesystem compatible with pass
• rsocxstars172 — A bind/Reverse Socks5 proxy Server.
• rustscan/rustscanstars5.5k — Make Nmap faster with this port scanning tool

System tools

• ajeetdsouza/zoxidestars5.2k — A fast alternative to cd that learns your habits
• Alonely0/Voilastars74 — Voila is a domain-specific language launched through CLI tool for operating with files and directories in massive amounts in a fast & reliable way.
• b23r0/yaftpstars131 — A lightweight file transfer CLI tool support with resume broken transfer & reverse mode & largefile.
• bandwhichstars6.8k — Terminal bandwidth utilization tool
• bottomstars3.5k - Yet another cross-platform graphical process/system monitor.
• brocode/fblogstars180 — Small command-line JSON Log viewer
• bustdstars151 - Lightweight process killer daemon to handle out-of-memory scenarios on Linux.
• buster/rrunstars100 — A command launcher for Linux, similar to gmrun
• cantino/mcflystars3.5k - Fly through your shell history. Great Scott!
• crabzstars177 - Multi-threaded compression and decompression CLI tool
• cristianoliveira/funzzystars161 — A configurable filesystem watcher inspired by entr
• dalance/procsstars2.5k — A modern replacement for 'ps' written by Rust
• ddhstars311 — Fast duplicate file finder
• diskonautstars1.1k — Terminal visual disk space navigator
• duststars3.4k — A more intuitive version of du
• fselect — Find files with SQL-like queries
• gituistars7.1k - Blazing fast terminal client for git written in Rust.
• k0pernicus/zoustars167 — A download accelerator
• Kondostars554 - CLI & GUI tool for deleting software project artifacts and reclaiming disk space
• lotabout/rargsstars334 [rargs] — xargs + awk with pattern matching support
• lotabout/skimstars3k — A fuzzy finder in pure rust
• Luminarys/synapsestars769 — Flexible and fast BitTorrent daemon.
• m4b/bingrepstars1.5k — Greps through binaries from various OSs and architectures, and colors them.
• mitnk/cicadastars867 — A bash-like Unix shell
• mmstick/concurrstars82 — Alternative to GNU Parallel w/ a client-server architecture
• mmstick/fontfinderstars241 — GTK3 application for previewing and installing Google's fonts
• mmstick/parallelstars1.2k — Reimplementation of GNU Parallel
• mmstick/tv-renamerstars138 — A tv series renaming application with an optional GTK3 frontend.
• mxseev/logramstars69 — Push log files' updates to Telegram
• nickgerace/gfoldstars97 [gfold] - CLI tool to help keep track of multiple Git repositories
• nivekuil/ripstars516 - A safe and ergonomic alternative to rm
• ogham/exastars16.3k — A replacement for 'ls'
• orhun/kmonstars1.4k — Linux Kernel Manager and Activity Monitor
• ouchstars433 - Painless compression and decompression on the command-line
• Peltoche/lsdstars6.9k — An ls with a lot of pretty colors and awesome icons
• pop-os/popsiclestars379 — GTK3 & CLI utility for flashing multiple USB devices in parallel
• pop-os/system76-powerstars378 — Linux power management daemon (DBus-interface) with CLI tool.
• pueuestars2.5k — Manage your long running shell commands.
• redox-os/ionstars1.2k — Next-generation system shell
• sharkdp/batstars31.8k — A cat(1) clone with wings.
• sharkdp/fdstars20.4k — A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to find.
• sitkevij/hexstars331 — A colorized hexdump terminal utility.
• uutils/coreutilsstars9.8k — A cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils [
• watchexecstars2.8k — Executes commands in response to file modifications
• XAMPPRocky/tokeistars6.1k — counts the lines of code

Task scheduling

• delicatestars415 — A lightweight and distributed task scheduling platform written in rust.

Text editors

• amp — Inspired by Vi/Vim.
• gchp/iotastars1.5k — A simple text editor
• helixstars5.5k — A post-modern modal text editor inspired by Neovim/Kakoune.
• ilai-deutel/kibistars712 — A tiny (≤1024 LOC) text editor with syntax highlighting, incremental search and more.
• lapcestars4.3k — Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust.
• mathall/rimstars515 — Vim-like text editor written in Rust
• oxstars2.7k — An independent Rust text editor that runs in your terminal!
• Remacsstars4.5k — A community-driven port of Emacs to Rust.
• vamolessa/pepperstars179 [pepper] — An opinionated modal editor to simplify code editing from the terminal
• xi-editorstars19k — A modern editor with a backend written in Rust.
• xraystars8.6k — An experimental next-generation Electron-based text editor.

Text processing

• dmerejkowsky/ruplacerstars255 — Find and replace text in source files
• grexstars5k — A command-line tool and library for generating regular expressions from user-provided test cases
• Lisprez/so_stupid_searchstars115 — A simple and fast string search tool for human beings
• phiresky/ripgrep-allstars4.3k — ripgrep, but also search in PDFs, E-Books, Office documents, zip, tar.gz, etc.
• replicadse/complatestars17 — An in-terminal text templating tool designed for standardizing messages (like for GIT commits).
• ripgrep — combines the usability of The Silver Searcher with the raw speed of grep
• sd — Intuitive find & replace CLI
• sstadick/hckstars527 - A faster and more featureful drop in replacement for cut
• vishaltelangre/ffstars275 — Find files (ff) by name!
• whitfin/bytelinesstars45 [bytelines] — Read input lines as byte slices for high efficiency.
• whitfin/runiqstars139 — an efficient way to filter duplicate lines from unsorted input.
• xsv — A fast CSV command line tool (slicing, indexing, selecting, searching, sampling, etc.)

Image processing

• Imagerstars361 — Automated image optimization.
• shssoichiro/oxipngstars1.4k [oxipng] — Multithreaded PNG optimizer written in Rust.

Utilities

• brycx/checkpwnstars75 — A Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) command-line utility tool that lets you easily check for compromised accounts and passwords.
• evansmurithi/cloakstars148 — A Command Line OTP (One Time Password) Authenticator application.

• fcsonline/tmux-thumbsstars474 — A lightning fast version of tmux-fingers written in Rust, copy/pasting tmux like vimium/vimperator.
• guoxbin/dtoolstars267 — A useful command-line tool collection to assist development including conversion, codec, hashing, encryption, etc.
• nominostars358 — Batch rename utility for developers
• raftario/licensorstars132 — write licenses to stdout
• rustdesk/rustdeskstars14.6k — A remote desktop software, great alternative to TeamViewer and AnyDesk.
• tversteeg/emplacestars155 — Synchronize installed packages on multiple machines
• unrelentingtech/freepassstars311 — The free password manager for power users.
• vamolessa/vercostars187 [verco] — A simple Git/Hg tui client focused on keyboard shortcuts
• vaultwardenstars13.8k — Alternative implementation of the Bitwarden server API written in Rust
• yaa110/cbstars62 — Command line interface to manage clipboard

Video

• dertuxmalwieder/yaydlstars157 [yaydl] - A simple video downloader
• harlanc/xiustars325 — A powerful and secure live server by pure rust (rtmp/httpflv/hls/relay).
• xiph/rav1estars2.7k — The fastest and safest AV1 encoder.

Virtualization

• containers/youkistars3.1k — A container runtime in Rust
• firecracker-microvm/firecrackerstars17.1k — A lightweight virtual machine for container workload Firecracker Microvm
• oracle/railcarstars1.1k — Docker-like container OCI runtime implementation in Rust
• tailhook/vaggastars