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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 1,477 Rust repositories tagged cli. Refreshed daily.

  1. 1
    rtk-ai/rtk★ 80,867 · ⑂ 5,129

    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
  2. 2
    BurntSushi/ripgrep★ 68,394 · ⑂ 2,968

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

    • ripgrep
    • recursively-search
    • search
    • regex
    • gitignore
    • grep
  3. 3
    sharkdp/bat★ 60,490 · ⑂ 1,817

    A cat(1) clone with wings.

    • command-line
    • tool
    • syntax-highlighting
    • git
    • terminal
    • cli
  4. 4
    sharkdp/fd★ 44,470 · ⑂ 1,139

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

    • command-line
    • tool
    • filesystem
    • search
    • regex
    • rust
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  6. 5
    sxyazi/yazi★ 42,271 · ⑂ 1,021

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

    • asyncio
    • concurrency
    • file-manager
    • linux
    • macos
    • rust
  7. 6
    Hmbown/Codewhale★ 40,999 · ⑂ 3,563

    Open-source coding agent for your terminal, built in Rust and on a journey of continuous community improvement. Issues and PRs welcome.

    • cli
    • rust
    • tui
    • ai-agent
    • coding-agent
    • agent-orchestration
  8. 7
    ajeetdsouza/zoxide★ 39,551 · ⑂ 898

    A smarter cd command. Supports all major shells.

    • z
    • command-line
    • rust
    • zsh
    • autojump
    • bash
  9. 8
    herdrdev/herdr★ 39,325 · ⑂ 2,961

    the runtime your coding agents live on

    • agent
    • agent-orchestration
    • ai
    • ai-agents
    • claude-code
    • cli
  10. 9
    googleworkspace/cli★ 31,042 · ⑂ 1,840

    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
  11. 10
    sharkdp/hyperfine★ 28,876 · ⑂ 509

    A command-line benchmarking tool

    • command-line
    • tool
    • benchmark
    • rust
    • cli
    • terminal
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    ratatui/ratatui★ 22,637 · ⑂ 779

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

    • rust
    • terminal
    • tui
    • cli
    • widgets
    • ratatui
  14. 12
    t8y2/dbx★ 20,017 · ⑂ 1,946

    20 MB lightweight cross-platform database client for 90+ databases, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Redis, MongoDB, DuckDB, SQL Server, and Dameng. Built-in AI, MCP Server, CLI, desktop and Docker. | 轻量级跨平台数据库管理工具，支持 MySQL、PostgreSQL、SQLite、Redis、MongoDB、达梦等 90+ 数据库，提供桌面端、Docker、CLI、内置 AI 助手和 MCP Server。

    • clickhouse
    • database
    • database-client
    • database-management
    • gui
    • mongodb
  15. 13
    1jehuang/jcode★ 19,859 · ⑂ 2,297

    The most RAM efficient harness

    • ai
    • claude
    • cli
    • coding-agent
    • llm
    • mcp
  16. 14
    Rigellute/spotify-tui★ 19,349 · ⑂ 579

    Spotify for the terminal written in Rust 🚀

    • spotify
    • spotify-api
    • spotify-tui
    • rust
    • terminal-based
    • terminal
  17. 15
    Orange-OpenSource/hurl★ 19,205 · ⑂ 745

    Hurl, run and test HTTP requests with plain text.

    • curl
    • http
    • testing-tools
    • cli
    • integration-testing
    • http-client
  18. 16
    asciinema/asciinema★ 17,815 · ⑂ 1,041

    Terminal session recorder, streamer and player 📹

    • asciicast
    • terminal
    • recording
    • cli
    • asciinema
    • streaming
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    denisidoro/navi★ 17,562 · ⑂ 563

    An interactive cheatsheet tool for the command-line

    • command-line
    • cheatsheets
    • terminal
    • shell
    • snippets
    • rust
  21. 18
    XAMPPRocky/tokei★ 14,920 · ⑂ 703

    Count your code, quickly.

    • tokei
    • cloc
    • badge
    • rust
    • windows
    • linux
  22. 19
    ClementTsang/bottom★ 14,031 · ⑂ 385

    Yet another cross-platform graphical process/system monitor.

    • top
    • terminal
    • cli
    • tui
    • monitoring
    • cross-platform
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The list above ranks the most-starred public Rust repositories tagged with the CLI topic, drawn from the public GitHub graph. Across 1,477 matching repositories, the contributors are a tight cluster of engineers with both Rust chops and real CLI experience.

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Refolk searched GitHub for public Rust repositories tagged with the CLI topic, ranked them by stargazer count, and kept those with at least 25 stars. The list refreshes once a day.

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