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Top Rust Blockchain repositories on GitHub

Chains, smart contracts, wallets, and on-chain tooling. Filtered to projects whose primary language is Rust.

Ranked by stars across 365 Rust repositories tagged blockchain. Refreshed daily.

  1. 1
    unionlabs/union★ 73,799 · ⑂ 3,884

    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
  2. 2
    FuelLabs/fuel-core★ 56,838 · ⑂ 2,862

    Rust full node implementation of the Fuel v2 protocol.

    • blockchain
    • fuel
  3. 3
    linera-io/linera-protocol★ 32,130 · ⑂ 2,416

    Main repository for the Linera protocol

    • blockchain
    • rust
    • wasm
  4. 4
    zama-ai/fhevm★ 24,814 · ⑂ 1,778

    FHEVM, a full-stack framework for integrating Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) with blockchain applications

    • blockchain
    • fhe
    • privacy
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  6. 5
    diem/diem★ 16,662 · ⑂ 2,537

    Diem’s mission is to build a trusted and innovative financial network that empowers people and businesses around the world.

    • blockchain
  7. 6
    solana-labs/solana★ 14,943 · ⑂ 5,858

    Web-Scale Blockchain for fast, secure, scalable, decentralized apps and marketplaces.

    • ledger
    • blockchain
    • solana
    • performance-blockchain
    • rustc
    • bitcoin
  8. 7
    foundry-rs/foundry★ 10,612 · ⑂ 2,635

    Foundry is a blazing fast, portable and modular toolkit for Ethereum application development written in Rust.

    • rust
    • solidity
    • evm
    • testing
    • fuzzing
    • blockchain
  9. 8
    paritytech/substrate★ 8,395 · ⑂ 2,628

    Substrate: The platform for blockchain innovators

    • parity
    • polkadot
    • blockchain
    • substrate
    • client
    • node
  10. 9
    datahaven-xyz/datahaven★ 7,891 · ⑂ 146

    An EVM compatible Substrate chain, powered by StorageHub and secured by EigenLayer

    • blockchain
    • decentralized
    • eigenlayer
    • eigenlayer-avs
    • ethereum
    • storage
  11. 10
    MystenLabs/sui★ 7,750 · ⑂ 11,655

    Sui, a next-generation smart contract platform with high throughput, low latency, and an asset-oriented programming model powered by the Move programming language

    • blockchain
    • distributed-ledger-technology
    • move
    • smart-contracts
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    paritytech/polkadot★ 7,082 · ⑂ 1,529

    Polkadot Node Implementation

    • parity
    • polkadot
    • blockchain
    • rust
    • client
    • node
  14. 12
    openethereum/parity-ethereum★ 6,819 · ⑂ 1,700

    The fast, light, and robust client for Ethereum-like networks.

    • ethereum
    • blockchain
    • rust
    • client
    • node
  15. 13
    aptos-labs/aptos-core★ 6,433 · ⑂ 3,909

    Aptos is a layer 1 blockchain built to support the widespread use of blockchain through better technology and user experience.

    • blockchain
    • blockchain-network
    • move
    • smart-contracts
    • aptos
  16. 14
    paradigmxyz/reth★ 5,778 · ⑂ 2,538

    Modular, contributor-friendly and blazing-fast implementation of the Ethereum protocol, in Rust

    • blockchain
    • distributed-systems
    • ethereum
    • p2p
    • rust
    • contributor-friendly
  17. 15
    otter-sec/anchor★ 5,134 · ⑂ 1,975

    ⚓ Solana Program Framework

    • solana
    • rust
    • blockchain
    • smart-contracts
  18. 16
    ProvableHQ/snarkOS★ 4,527 · ⑂ 2,694

    A Decentralized Operating System for ZK Applications

    • aleo
    • blockchain
    • cryptography
    • zero-knowledge
    • zksnarks
    • rust
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    graphprotocol/graph-node★ 3,150 · ⑂ 1,064

    Graph Node indexes data from blockchains such as Ethereum and serves it over GraphQL

    • graphql
    • graphql-api
    • blockchain
    • protocol
    • ethereum
    • ipfs
  21. 18
    paritytech/polkadot-sdk★ 2,808 · ⑂ 1,251

    The Parity Polkadot Blockchain SDK

    • blockchain
    • cumulus
    • polkadot
    • substrate
  22. 19
    near/nearcore★ 2,617 · ⑂ 794

    Reference client for NEAR Protocol

    • blockchain
    • rust
    • webassembly
    • nearprotocol
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