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Awesome Rust

A curated list of Rust code and resources.

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• Applications
• Audio and Music
• Blockchain
• Database
• Embedded
• Emulators
• File manager
• Finance
• Games
• Graphics
• Image processing
• Industrial automation
• Message Queue
• MLOps
• Observability
• Operating systems
• Package Managers
• Payments
• Productivity
• Routing protocols
• Security tools
• Social networks
• System tools
• Task scheduling
• Text editors
• Text processing
• Utilities
• Video
• Virtualization
• Web
• Web Servers
• Workflow Automation
• Development tools
• Build system
• Debugging
• Deployment
• Embedded
• FFI
• Formatters
• IDEs
• Profiling
• Services
• Static analysis
• Testing
• Transpiling
• Tunnel
• Libraries
• Artificial Intelligence
• Genetic algorithms
• Google Gemini
• Machine learning
• OpenAI
• Tooling
• 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
• eBPF
• Email
• Encoding
• Filesystem
• Finance
• Functional Programming
• Game development
• Geospatial
• Graph algorithms
• Graphics
• GUI
• Image processing
• Language specification
• Licensing
• Logging
• Macro
• Markup language
• Mobile
• Network programming
• Parsing
• Peripherals
• Platform specific
• Reverse engineering
• Scripting
• Simulation
• Social networks
• System
• Task scheduling
• Template engine
• Text processing
• Text search
• Unsafe
• Video
• Virtualization
• Web programming
• Registries
• Resources
• License

Applications

• ad-si/Woxi [woxi] - An interpreter for the Wolfram Language powered by Rust.
• alacritty - A cross-platform, GPU enhanced terminal emulator
• Andromeda - JavaScript & TypeScript runtime built from the ground up in Rust 🦀 and powered by The Nova Engine.
• arimxyer/models [modelsdev] - A TUI for browsing AI models, benchmarks, and coding agents
• Arti - An implementation of Tor. (So far, it's a not-very-complete client. But watch this space!)
• asm-cli-rust - An interactive assembly shell.
• clash-verge-rev/clash-verge-rev - A cross-platform, modern Clash GUI based on tauri & rust, supporting Windows, macOS, and Linux.
• cloudflare/boringtun - A Userspace WireGuard VPN Implementation
• DBX - A lightweight, open-source database management tool built with Tauri, supporting MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Redis, MongoDB, DuckDB, and more.
• defguard - Enterprise Open Source SSO & WireGuard VPN with real 2FA/MFA
• denoland/deno - A secure JavaScript/TypeScript runtime built with V8 and Tokio
• doprz/dipc - Convert your favorite images and wallpapers with your favorite color palettes/themes
• EasyTier - A simple, full-featured and decentralized mesh VPN with WireGuard support.
• Edit - A simple editor for simple needs.
• fcsonline/drill - A HTTP load testing application inspired by Ansible syntax
• fend - Arbitrary-precision unit-aware calculator
• Fractalide - Simple microservices
• GCWing/BitFun - A cross-platform desktop AI agent with a Rust runtime that works in real repositories and can drive the browser, terminal, and desktop applications
• giga-grabber - A very fast and relatively stable Mega downloader
• glzr-io/glazewm - A tiling window manager for Windows inspired by i3wm, with YAML config, multi-monitor support, and keyboard-driven commands
• google/mdbook-i18n-helpers [mdbook-i18n-helpers] - Internationalization and rendering extensions for mdbook.
• habitat - A tool created by Chef to build, deploy, and manage applications.
• Herd - an experimental HTTP load testing application
• hickory-dns - A DNS-server
• innernet - An overlay or private mesh network that uses Wireguard under the hood
• jedisct1/flowgger - A fast, simple and lightweight data collector
• kalker - A scientific calculator that supports math-like syntax with user-defined variables, functions, derivation, integration, and complex numbers. Cross-platform + WASM support
• kftray - A cross-platform system tray app for managing and sharing multiple kubectl port-forward configurations.
• kytan - High Performance Peer-to-Peer VPN
• linkerd/linkerd2-proxy - Ultralight service mesh for Kubernetes.
• Livediff [livediff] - Real-time terminal file diff monitoring TUI.
• LWE - Linux desktop app for browsing, managing, and applying Wallpaper Engine content, built with Rust and Tauri.
• lzanini/mdbook-katex [mdbook-katex] - A preprocessor for mdBook, using KaTeX to render LaTeX math expressions.
• MaidSafe - A decentralized platform.
• mayocream/koharu - An ML-powered manga translator with automatic speech bubble detection, OCR, inpainting, and LLM translation, built with Candle and Tauri
• mdBook - A command line utility to create books from markdown files
• Mega - A monorepo & monolithic codebase management system that supports Git, also is an unofficial open source implementation of Google Piper.
• Michael-F-Bryan/mdbook-linkcheck [mdbook-linkcheck] - A backend for mdbook which will check your links for you.
• mirrord - Connect your local process and your cloud environment, and run local code in cloud conditions
• mmalmi/nostr-vpn [nvpn] - Tailscale-style private mesh VPN built on Nostr identities and a FIPS-backed data plane. Features native cross-platform apps (macOS, Linux, Windows, Mobile) and a CLI/daemon.
• newdee/magpie - Local-first Spotlight-style launcher that searches your GitHub stars, local files, images, and videos semantically, fully on-device.
• nicohman/eidolon - A steam and drm-free game registry and launcher for linux and macosx
• openma-ai/Martty - A Rust/ratatui terminal client for DeepSeek Harness and other ACP-compatible coding agents.
• OxideTerm - A cross-platform SSH terminal client and local terminal emulator built with Tauri 2.0 and pure-Rust SSH (russh). Features multiplexed connections, SFTP file manager, built-in IDE (CodeMirror 6), port forwarding (-L/-R/-D), Grace Period auto-reconnect, plugin system, AI assistant, encrypted export (.oxide), and 11 languages.
• Pijul - A patch-based distributed version control system
• provrb/OBDium - A cross-platform Tauri-based application for everything vehicle diagnostics. Connect your vehicle over an ELM327 adapter and read trouble codes, live OBD-II data, I/M readiness tests, and more!
• qiluo-admin - An enterprise-grade rapid development platform (Axum + SeaORM + JWT + VUE3, supports MySQL/Postgres/SQLite)
• Rauthy - OpenID Connect Single Sign-On Identity & Access Management
• Rio - A hardware-accelerated GPU terminal emulator powered by WebGPU, focusing to run in desktops and browsers.
• rkik - CLI tool designed for stateless and passive NTP inspection, just as dig or ping are for DNS and ICMP. It supports async requests and continuous monitoring.
• run [run-kit] - Universal multi-language runner and smart REPL (25+ languages: Python, JS, Go, C, etc.).
• runmat-org/runmat [runmat] - A runtime for MATLAB-syntax numerical programs, with GPU acceleration through wgpu.
• Rust Iot Platform - A high-performance IoT development platform built with Rust, designed for multi-protocol support and real-time data processing. This platform supports MQTT, WebSockets (WS), TCP, and CoAP protocols, making it highly flexible for diverse IoT applications.
• rx - Vi inspired Modern Pixel Art Editor
• Ryot - A self hosted application to track media consumption, fitness, etc.
• s00d/switchshuttle - Cross-platform system tray app for organizing and running predefined terminal commands with global hotkeys, nested menus, and JSON-backed configuration (Tauri + Vue).
• Saga Reader - A Blazing-Fast and Extremely-Lightweight Internet Reader driven by AI.Supports fetching of search engine information and RSS.
• Servo - A prototype web browser engine
• shoes - A multi-protocol proxy server
• shuttle - A serverless platform.
• Sniffnet - Cross-platform application to monitor your network traffic with ease
• SWC - super-fast TypeScript / JavaScript compiler
• TabbyML/tabby - Self-hosted AI coding assistant, an open-source alternative to GitHub Copilot with GPU support and OpenAPI interface
• temps - A self-hosted PaaS that replaces Vercel, analytics, error tracking, and uptime monitoring with a single Rust binary
• tiny - A terminal IRC client
• topjohnwu/Magisk - A suite of open source tools for customizing Android, providing root access, boot image manipulation, and systemless modifications
• tunnetio/Tunnet - Private mesh networking with public tunnels, identity-based SSH, and P2P file transfer
• Tura-AI/tura - A local coding agent for terminal, desktop GUI, and command-line workflows, with persistent task state and evidence-backed verification.
• Typst - A markup-based typesetting system
• UpVPN - WireGuard VPN client for macOS, Linux, and Windows built on Tauri.
• vortix - Terminal UI for WireGuard and OpenVPN with real-time telemetry, leak detection, and kill switch
• vproxy - A high-performance HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS5 proxy server
• wasmer - A safe and fast WebAssembly runtime supporting WASI and Emscripten
• Weld - Full fake REST API generator
• wezterm - A GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer
• WinterJS - A secure JavaScript runtime built with SpiderMonkey and Axum
• zellij - A terminal multiplexer (workspace) with batteries included
• Zephyr - A modern, lightweight, and secure Mihomo (Clash Meta) GUI client built with Tauri.

Audio and Music

• AreevAI/flowcat - Native-Rust runtime for real-time voice AI agents (phone + WebRTC), self-hosted single binary, pipecat-compatible
• dano - A hashdeep/md5tree (but much more) for media files
• enginesound - 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.
• Festival - A local music player/server/client
• figsoda/mmtc [mmtc] - Minimal mpd terminal client that aims to be simple yet highly configurable
• Glicol - Graph-oriented live coding language, for collaborative musicking in browsers.
• LargeModGames/spotatui [spotatui] - A Spotify terminal client with native streaming, synced lyrics, and real-time audio visualization
• mierak/rmpc [rmpc] - A modern and configurable, terminal based MPD Client with album art support
• ncspot - Cross-platform ncurses Spotify client, inspired by ncmpc and the likes.
• OpenMeters - Fast, simple, and professional audio metering/visualization for Linux written in Rust.
• Pinepods - A rust based podcast management system with multi-user support. Pinepods utilizes a central database so aspects like listen time and themes follow from device to device. With clients built using Tauri, it's a full cross-platform listening solution!
• PodFetch - A self-hosted podcast manager that automatically downloads new episodes, with a web UI for listening and a GPodder-compatible sync API for mobile apps like AntennaPod.
• Polaris - A music streaming application.
• rusty-amp - A complete guitar amp and pedalboard rig with external plugins support that runs right in your terminal.
• Spotify Player - A Spotify player in the terminal with full feature parity.
• Spotifyd - An open source Spotify client running as a UNIX daemon.
• termusic - Music Player TUI written
• tunein-cli - Browse and listen to thousands of radio stations across the globe right from your terminal
• WhatBPM - A daily statically generated information resource for electronic dance music producers. Provides daily analytics on the most frequently used values for ea