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Top Rust repositories on GitHub

Memory-safe systems programming with zero-cost abstractions.

Ranked by stars across 12,692 Rust repositories on GitHub. Refreshed daily.

  1. 1
    ultraworkers/claw-code194,105 · ⑂ 109,934

    An agent-managed museum exhibit, built in Rust with Gajae-Code / LazyCodex — developed and maintained with no human intervention.

  2. 2
    rustdesk/rustdesk116,581 · ⑂ 17,631

    An open-source remote desktop application designed for self-hosting, as an alternative to TeamViewer.

    • remote-control
    • remote-desktop
    • teamviewer
    • anydesk
    • vnc
    • rdp
  3. 3
    rust-lang/rust113,995 · ⑂ 15,003

    Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.

    • rust
    • compiler
    • language
  4. 4
    tauri-apps/tauri108,140 · ⑂ 3,713

    Build smaller, faster, and more secure desktop and mobile applications with a web frontend.

    • rust
    • webview
    • high-performance
    • desktop-app
    • mobile-app
    • native-app
  5. 5
    denoland/deno107,166 · ⑂ 6,079

    A modern runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript.

    • deno
    • typescript
    • javascript
    • rust
  6. 6
    farion1231/cc-switch105,379 · ⑂ 6,971

    A cross-platform desktop All-in-One assistant for Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, OpenClaw, Gemini CLI & Hermes Agent. Only official website: ccswitch.io

    • ai-tools
    • claude-code
    • desktop-app
    • open-source
    • rust
    • tauri
  7. 7
    oven-sh/bun93,334 · ⑂ 4,721

    Incredibly fast JavaScript runtime, bundler, test runner, and package manager – all in one

    • bun
    • bundler
    • javascript
    • javascriptcore
    • jsx
    • nodejs
  8. 8
    openai/codex92,376 · ⑂ 13,657

    Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal

  9. 9
    astral-sh/uv86,607 · ⑂ 3,227

    An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust.

    • packaging
    • python
    • resolver
    • uv
  10. 10
    zed-industries/zed85,671 · ⑂ 9,175

    Code at the speed of thought – Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.

    • text-editor
    • zed
    • gpui
    • rust-lang
  11. 11
    ruvnet/RuView74,881 · ⑂ 9,988

    π RuView turns commodity WiFi signals into real-time spatial intelligence, vital sign monitoring, and presence detection — all without a single pixel of video.

    • densepose
    • wifi
    • esp32
    • monitoring
    • rf
    • wifi-security
  12. 12
    unionlabs/union73,951 · ⑂ 3,882

    The trust-minimized, zero-knowledge bridging protocol, designed for censorship resistance, extremely high security, and usage in decentralized finance.

    • blockchain
    • cosmos
    • evm
    • golang
    • rust
    • solidity
  13. 13
    BurntSushi/ripgrep65,281 · ⑂ 2,602

    ripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting your gitignore

    • ripgrep
    • recursively-search
    • search
    • regex
    • gitignore
    • grep
  14. 14
    alacritty/alacritty64,628 · ⑂ 3,493

    A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator.

    • terminal-emulators
    • opengl
    • gpu
    • rust
    • vte
    • terminal
  15. 15
    rtk-ai/rtk64,315 · ⑂ 3,963

    CLI proxy that reduces LLM token consumption by 60-90% on common dev commands. Single Rust binary, zero dependencies

    • agentic-coding
    • ai-coding
    • anthropic
    • claude-code
    • cli
    • command-line-tool
  16. 16
    openinterpreter/openinterpreter64,073 · ⑂ 5,555

    A lightweight coding agent for open models like Deepseek, Kimi, and Qwen

    • interpreter
    • coding-agent
    • deepseek
    • kimi
    • qwen
    • rust
  17. 17
    rust-lang/rustlings63,300 · ⑂ 11,205

    :crab: Small exercises to get you used to reading and writing Rust code!

    • rust
    • rustlings
    • beginner-friendly
    • exercises
  18. 18
    dani-garcia/vaultwarden62,637 · ⑂ 2,927

    Unofficial Bitwarden compatible server written in Rust, formerly known as bitwarden_rs

    • vaultwarden
    • bitwarden
    • rust
    • docker
    • rocket
    • bitwarden-rs
  19. 19
    warpdotdev/warp62,106 · ⑂ 5,065

    Warp is an agentic development environment, born out of the terminal.

    • rust
    • linux
    • macos
    • terminal
    • bash
    • zsh
  20. 20
    FuelLabs/sway61,607 · ⑂ 5,421

    🌴 Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient smart contracts.

    • sway
    • language
    • compiler
    • fuel
  21. 21
    sharkdp/bat59,324 · ⑂ 1,571

    A cat(1) clone with wings.

    • command-line
    • tool
    • syntax-highlighting
    • git
    • terminal
    • cli
  22. 22
    starship/starship58,399 · ⑂ 2,562

    ☄🌌️ The minimal, blazing-fast, and infinitely customizable prompt for any shell!

    • zsh-theme
    • fish-theme
    • zsh-prompt
    • fish-prompt
    • shell-prompt
    • oh-my-zsh
  23. 23
    meilisearch/meilisearch58,210 · ⑂ 2,576

    A lightning-fast search engine API bringing AI-powered hybrid search to your sites and applications.

    • search-engine
    • typo-tolerance
    • site-search
    • database
    • enterprise-search
    • search
  24. 24
    rust-unofficial/awesome-rust57,959 · ⑂ 3,434

    A curated list of Rust code and resources.

    • rust
    • awesome
  25. 25
    FuelLabs/fuel-core57,000 · ⑂ 2,861

    Rust full node implementation of the Fuel v2 protocol.

    • blockchain
    • fuel

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