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Top Rust CLI repositories on GitHub

Command-line tools, terminal UIs, and shell utilities. Filtered to projects whose primary language is Rust.

Ranked by stars across 1,129 Rust repositories tagged cli. Refreshed daily.

  1. 1
    BurntSushi/ripgrep63,404 · ⑂ 2,542

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

    • ripgrep
    • recursively-search
    • search
    • regex
    • gitignore
    • grep
  2. 2
    sharkdp/bat58,754 · ⑂ 1,548

    A cat(1) clone with wings.

    • command-line
    • tool
    • syntax-highlighting
    • git
    • terminal
    • cli
  3. 3
    rtk-ai/rtk43,198 · ⑂ 2,611

    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
  4. 4
    sharkdp/fd42,872 · ⑂ 1,060

    A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find'

    • command-line
    • tool
    • filesystem
    • search
    • regex
    • rust
  5. 5
    sxyazi/yazi37,682 · ⑂ 847

    💥 Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O.

    • asyncio
    • concurrency
    • file-manager
    • linux
    • macos
    • rust
  6. 6
    ajeetdsouza/zoxide36,372 · ⑂ 816

    A smarter cd command. Supports all major shells.

    • z
    • command-line
    • rust
    • zsh
    • autojump
    • bash
  7. 7
    sharkdp/hyperfine28,047 · ⑂ 480

    A command-line benchmarking tool

    • command-line
    • tool
    • benchmark
    • rust
    • cli
    • terminal
  8. 8
    googleworkspace/cli25,853 · ⑂ 1,344

    Google Workspace CLI — one command-line tool for Drive, Gmail, Calendar, Sheets, Docs, Chat, Admin, and more. Dynamically built from Google Discovery Service. Includes AI agent skills.

    • google-workspace
    • agent-skills
    • ai-agent
    • automation
    • cli
    • discovery-api
  9. 9
    ratatui/ratatui20,231 · ⑂ 648

    A Rust crate for cooking up terminal user interfaces (TUIs) 👨‍🍳🐀 https://ratatui.rs

    • rust
    • terminal
    • tui
    • cli
    • widgets
    • ratatui
  10. 10
    Rigellute/spotify-tui19,148 · ⑂ 573

    Spotify for the terminal written in Rust 🚀

    • spotify
    • spotify-api
    • spotify-tui
    • rust
    • terminal-based
    • terminal
  11. 11
    Orange-OpenSource/hurl18,883 · ⑂ 722

    Hurl, run and test HTTP requests with plain text.

    • curl
    • http
    • testing-tools
    • cli
    • integration-testing
    • http-client
  12. 12
    asciinema/asciinema17,257 · ⑂ 1,021

    Terminal session recorder, streamer and player 📹

    • asciicast
    • terminal
    • recording
    • cli
    • asciinema
    • streaming
  13. 13
    denisidoro/navi17,101 · ⑂ 551

    An interactive cheatsheet tool for the command-line

    • command-line
    • cheatsheets
    • terminal
    • shell
    • snippets
    • rust
  14. 14
    Hmbown/DeepSeek-TUI15,556 · ⑂ 1,213

    Coding agent for DeepSeek models that runs in your terminal

    • cli
    • deepseek
    • llm
    • rust
    • terminal
    • tui
  15. 15
    XAMPPRocky/tokei14,373 · ⑂ 671

    Count your code, quickly.

    • tokei
    • cloc
    • badge
    • rust
    • windows
    • linux
  16. 16
    ClementTsang/bottom13,287 · ⑂ 337

    Yet another cross-platform graphical process/system monitor.

    • top
    • terminal
    • cli
    • tui
    • monitoring
    • cross-platform
  17. 17
    orf/gping12,464 · ⑂ 361

    Ping, but with a graph

    • rust
    • command-line
    • cli
    • ping
    • linux
    • graph
  18. 18
    svenstaro/genact12,030 · ⑂ 491

    🌀 A nonsense activity generator

    • fake
    • nonsense
    • useless
    • cli
    • wasm
    • webassembly
  19. 19
    o2sh/onefetch11,773 · ⑂ 306

    Command-line Git information tool

    • cli
    • git
    • command-line
    • tool
    • command-line-interface
    • rust
  20. 20
    imsnif/bandwhich11,720 · ⑂ 339

    Terminal bandwidth utilization tool

    • cli
    • networking
    • bandwidth
    • dashboard
  21. 21
    GitoxideLabs/gitoxide11,344 · ⑂ 465

    An idiomatic, lean, fast & safe pure Rust implementation of Git

    • git
    • cli
    • blazingly-fast
    • built-with-rust
    • version-control
  22. 22
    ekzhang/bore11,122 · ⑂ 494

    🕳 bore is a simple CLI tool for making tunnels to localhost

    • cli
    • rust
    • tunnel
    • networking
    • tcp
    • localhost
  23. 23
    BurntSushi/xsv10,758 · ⑂ 328

    A fast CSV command line toolkit written in Rust.

    • csv
    • cli
    • command-line
    • rust
  24. 24
    hatoo/oha10,235 · ⑂ 290

    Ohayou(おはよう), HTTP load generator, inspired by rakyll/hey with tui animation.

    • rust
    • load-testing
    • benchmark
    • http
    • load-generator
    • command-line
  25. 25
    sigoden/aichat9,946 · ⑂ 694

    All-in-one LLM CLI tool featuring Shell Assistant, Chat-REPL, RAG, AI Tools & Agents, with access to OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Ollama, Groq, and more.

    • claude
    • gemini
    • ollama
    • openai
    • function-calling
    • cli

Find Rust engineers shipping CLI

The list above ranks the most-starred public Rust repositories tagged with the CLI topic, drawn from the public GitHub graph. Across 1,129 matching repositories, the contributors are a tight cluster of engineers with both Rust chops and real CLI experience.

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